Queen Elizabeth reportedly "couldn't understand" Prince George's behaviour when she first met him following his birth in 2013. Despite being a mother of four, the late Queen is said to have had a hard time dealing with George's cries, with the young royal reportedly crying the whole time he first met his beloved great-grandmother.
The now-13-year-old was the Prince and Princess of Wales' first child, but a third great-grandchild for the late Queen. Revealing in her new book, Catherine & Diana, author Ingrid Seward wrote how the late Queen was not overjoyed to meet with a crying George.
Queen's reaction to a crying baby
She wrote, "When the Queen came to inspect her great-grandchild for the first time, he managed to scream throughout her visit, which was not something the monarch was used to or enjoyed."
She also reflected that times had changed since the late Queen's last becoming a mum, having welcomed her fourth and final child in 1964. She added that "the world had changed and childcare had changed with it".
Changing childcare practices
Ms Seward also suggested that the late monarch "was not used to babies being fed on demand". According to her, the late Queen just "couldn't understand the infant George's displeasure at having to wait" to be fed.
King Charles, Princess Anne, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and Prince Edward were all born at a time when experts recommended feeding babies on a strict schedule rather than when they cried.
Prince Philip's presence at birth
Unlike for her first three children's birth, Prince Philip was in the room whilst the late Queen gave birth to Edward. As revealed in her biography, My Husband and I: The Inside Story Of 70 Years Of Royal Marriage, she alleged that Philip was "actually holding his wife's hand" as their youngest son was born.
