From Monica

I have only met Max a few times, although I had certainly heard a lot about him over the year, as he was my husbands cousin. William and I have two children and last time I was in England my daughter Anna was with me. She was 3 at the time. One of my fondest memories from that trip is of Anna and Max. Anna adored him, in no small part because he was so sweet and attentive to her the day we visited.

I was struck by Max's attention to Anna because clearly Max had a very busy social life. He was between visits, plans, phone calls and managing his many fans! But he sat with Anna for a long time and was unbelievably sweet to her. We spent a fair amount of time getting clear on their "relationship"...they were First Cousins Once Removed. Max found this facinating....and seemed genuinely pleased to have this little person as his relation.

William is on his way to England now to be with his family and we here wish we could be there too. James, Anna and I all send our love. There are no words sufficient to say how very sorry we are for your loss. I can think of few things more painful than losing someone so young and full of life. As I have often said to William, "Max is a sweetie"...he really was. He will be missed.

With much love,
Monica