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Evening Standard
UK · 23 mins ago

Newborn baby attends mother’s graduation ceremony hours after birth

A newborn baby became a university’s youngest ever graduation guest when he attended his mother’s degree ceremony at less than a day old.Clare Hart, 40, feared she might miss her Abertay University graduation ceremony on July 10 after her due date of July 3 came and went.However she felt well enough to attend the event after Sol MacIntosh Hart-Gordon was born at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee at 5.15pm the evening before the ceremony, weighing 6lb 11oz.Dressed in a tiny suit with waistcoat with bow tie he attended the event at the city’s Caird Hall with his father Darren Gordon and other family members.Clare Hart with Darren Gordon and baby Sol at the ceremony (Family Handout/PA)Ms Hart was delighted to be able to attend the ceremony and graduate with a First-Class Honours Degree in BSc (Hon
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