She said Mrs Webb had always stressed how she had been unable to talk about what she had done for many years.
The ONS data also showed that real GDP per head - which is a measure of the country's economic output per person - rose by 0.5% in the same period, following two consecutive quarters of falls.But analysts warned growth was expected to slow in the months ahead, with Paul Dales at Capital Economics saying the latest figures "might be as good as it gets for the year".
He said the strong rise in GDP was "unlikely to be repeated as a lot of it was due to activity being brought forward ahead of US tariffs and the rise in domestic businesses taxes".Mr Dales noted that export volumes in the first three months of the year increased by 3.5%, following three consecutive quarterly declines.But Liz Martins, senior UK economist at HSBC, told the BBC's Today programme she was "quite cheered" by the figures.
"Business investment is up nearly 6% on the quarter and the service sector is doing well as well."So it's not just manufacturers selling to the US to get ahead of the tariffs."
Annabel Thomas, chief executive of the Nc'nean Whisky Distillery based in Scotland, says she is "reasonably confident" about prospects for the UK.
UK interest rates are expected to fall further this year, "and that really affects the money people have in their pockets," she says.Back when they were first friends, when the Sired family lived in Haddenham, such was their bond with Ms Bester that the Sired children called her "Auntie Ruth".
The pair had not met in recent years after their lives took them on different paths.Mrs Sired went into full-time care in Stretham, near Ely, but when her family moved to March, she went with them.
Ms Bester, who lived for years in Ely, recently spent months in hospital after a fall. When she came out, her family applied for her to live in Aria Court with her dear friend.Their families were there to see the pair reunited.