While taking the first flight this morning from London to Prague, I realised just how much I was looking forward to seeing you; and I found you to be even more beautiful than I had even expected. There is no prettier grandchild on earth.
I took you, together with your parents, aunt Rachel and your great-grandmother Avis to Solly's restaurant in Golders Green before the lovely tea party that your grandmother Veronica held in your honour at 20 Prospect Road in Childs Hill, where your father grew up.
Of course, everyone was so thrilled to see you, but no one more so that my mother, Avis. She, too, agreed that you are so very special. It was particularly moving for me to see her holding you in her arms. We posed for a photo of four generations spanning nearly 80 years.on the doorstep, where I have many shots of your father and aunt which I always used to take on their birthdays
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I had to dash off for my flight to New York just before the end of the party. But I don't suppose you even noticed. I was told later that you were so tired that you found it difficult going to sleep. No wonder after being the subject of so much attention. You really are a star.
Grandpa Jonathan
Heathrow Airport, London