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Today, before attending the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey, Kate Middleton stopped to greet some of the many children waiting on the sidelines, hoping to catch a glimpse of a real, live princess.
Though all of them looked positively delighted to be meeting her, however, only one managed to capture the pure, almost-too-overwhelming nature of such an experience:
A non-comprehensive list of feelings displayed: shock, disbelief, joy, fear, excitement, stressing out about your outfit, bewilderment, tongue-sticky-outty, and suddenly having to pee.
Yes, tiny British girl. This is the correct emotion.