"I suppose at the time you didn’t know how big or what the extent of the incident was," the Duchess added.

"You just got your heads down and got on with it. The response was amazing.

"I presume you are trained to cope with this but hope this kind of incident never happens."

She asked another member of the medical team: "Do you get emotional support too for what you are having to deal with? ‘

"We look after each other, we really do," she was told.