Former royal aide lost a document with important information about Princess Charlotte that sparked panic

When Princess Charlotte was born back in 2015, safe to say it was an exciting time for the royal family and parents Prince William and Kate Middleton.

However, a new behind-the-scenes look shows that a near-mishap almost led to the news being prematurely revealed to the media.

This is what former royal aide Jason Knauf, who served as the communications secretary for the Waleses has revealed. He says he was one of the first people to learn of Charlotte’s birth – even before the royal family – but that the announcement almost went terribly wrong.

Knauf says that once he received the details of the newborn princess, he set about working on the official press release when he lost the handwritten note that had the information.

“We weren’t going to announce it for another couple of hours, and I had this piece of paper to go write the press release,” Knauf explained.

“I was still out there with hundreds of journalists, trying to have a game face, and then I couldn’t find the piece of paper. I think I had dropped it somewhere on the street.”

Everything worked out in the end

The document included such things as Charlotte’s birth time and weight, and as a result there was panic amongst the group working at the time.
“It was one of those things, like heart in mouth until we got to the announcement and I got through it,” he said.

Luckily for Knauf and the rest of his team, the information was never discovered by the media and the announcement went ahead without any issues.

Princess Charlotte was born on May 2, 2015 at St. Mary’s Hospital in London. She is the fourth in line to the throne, following Prince William, Prince George and Prince Louis.