'I feel like a rock star': Eight-year-old Manchester bomb victim tells of her joy at meeting Ariana Grande after star made heart-warming surprise visit to hospital

The father of a little girl injured in the Manchester terror attack said his daughter 'feels like a rock star' after meeting Ariana Grande and the Duke of Cambridge while recovering in hospital.

Lily Harrison was among scores of people injured when a suicide bomber set off a homemade device at the Manchester Arena on May 22.

The eight-year-old is recovering in hospital after suffering a shrapnel wound and bruised lung in the terror attack.

She had a major boost on Friday night when she met pop star Grande as she visited young fans in the Royal Manchester Children's hospital.

Lily Harrison is pictured (left) hugging pop star Ariana Grande after she came and visited fans yesterday evening and gave them presents. Right is her father Adam with the pop star.

Manchester terror attack victim Jaden Farrell-Mann was visited by Miss Grande (pictured) at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.

The youngster, wearing an Ariana Grande top and with a large teddy bear on her hospital bed, was all smiles as she received a hug from her pop idol.

Kneeling by the young girl's hospital bed, Ariana told her: "I'm so proud of you. You are so strong. You are doing really well."

Her father, 32-year-old Adam, said it gave him goosebumps.

He said: 'Ariana lit the room up. She was absolutely fantastic. She knelt by Lily's bed and asked her lots of questions. She had so much time for her.

'Lily was bouncing off the walls. She was so excited. She is her biggest fan.'

Her mother Lauren said Lily hasn't stopped talking about the visit ever since.

Mr Harrison appeared on BBC Breakfast this morning and said since meeting Grande, Lily is 'on cloud nine' and is 'chomping at the bit' to go to the One Love Manchester concert tomorrow.

Describing his daughter's meeting the star, Mr Harrison said: 'She was so nervous she said, 'I think I might need to go to the toilet' she was that excited.

'We were the last room on the ward that she came to visit, so I think the excitement was building and building, and then she came skipping in.'

Mr Harrison relived how Lily, from Stockport, was blown to the floor in the explosion, receiving a wound to her back.

He said: 'As I saw her on the floor I just picked her up like a rugby ball and made a run for it, but obviously being 16 stone myself and carrying Lily's weight and running at speed down a flight of stairs, I met a guy's foot at the bottom of the stairs and have gone over on my ankle, which has deemed me a bit immobile.'

Once they got to the car park, Lily's injuries became more apparent.

Mr Harrison said: 'Lily went unconscious when we got her into the car park and she was almost like jelly.