Baby Apple meets the press

Gwyneth Paltrow took her baby for a three-minute stroll yesterday - and invited along the world's press.

However, there was some doubt as to whether six-day-old Apple was actually in the pram as the Oscar-winning actress paraded up and down outside her Belgravia home.

Paltrow's husband Coldplay singer Chris Martin arranged the 1pm outing to give the world's press their "one and only chance to photograph them for a very long time".

The meticulously-planned event was an attempt to defuse some of the media attention surrounding the birth of the couple's first child. Some 15 photographers were waiting on their doorstep when Gwyneth, Apple and two bodyguards emerged.

Martin watched from the balcony of their £500,000 firstfloor-flat as Paltrow walked 50 yards pushing the black pram, then strolled slowly back to her front door.

Asked how motherhood felt, she beamed and said: "It is absolutely wonderful and I feel great." Of Apple she said: "She is wonderful. I think she looks a bit like both me and Chris."

When asked if Martin was taking well to his new role as a father, the actress gave a thumbs-up sign, adding: "He's great too."