Two minutes and 16 seconds – that’s how long it took for her to deliver the news that simultaneously stunned and chastised the world.
The video, filmed by the BBC two days before it was released, showed a pale yet composed Kate, seated alone on a bench in Windsor, a backdrop of daffodils adding a splash of colour to a grey British spring day.
Despite the enormity of the occasion, the Princess of Wales was in typical form: straightforward, compassionate, reassuring.