Royal Wedding Gifts for Prince William and Catherine Middleton range from the amazing to bizarre. This post was prepared a few weeks ago but got lost in all the goings on! I hope you like it as it ranges from a set of darts to a herd of cows!
Prince William and Catherine Middleton (who is now rarely referred to as Kate in the media) have been inundated with wedding gifts from well-meaning fans; that is despite their request that people should donate something to charity instead.
Gifts have included a wide selection of the memorabilia specially produced for the occasion. However, William and Catherine are keen to appear a modern couple, aware of their privileged position in society and to do some good with their wedding gifts.
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Some of the wildest and wackiest wedding gifts already lined up for Prince William and Catherine Middleton include a mural painted by artist Rich Simmons that portrays the happy couple as Sid Vicious (the late lead singer of punk rock group, The Sex Pistols) and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. The figure of the prince is seen smoking a cigarette and riding a motorbike.
South African cheap airline, Kulula.com, is going to send the couple a traditional gift of a herd of cows, to commemorate the custom of paying a bride’s family with such a dowry for the loss of a daughter in marriage. To facilitate delivery of this gift, the airline will actually source a herd local to the Royal couple!
English darts champion, Martin Adams, upon defending his title, donated his winning set of darts to Prince William and Catherine Middleton.
Also, not quite a wedding gift but still a nice gesture, the Queen has invited Prince William and Catherine to have a private apartment at Buckingham Palace. If they accept the offer, the Palace would then be their official Royal residence, ending weeks of speculation about where the couple would live whilst in the capital. Prince Charles has also made a similar offer to renovate a private apartment for the couple at his London home, Kensington Palace, so the young couple have an enviable choice of starter home!
A higher education scholarship in the couple’s names, from St. Andrew’s University, where the couple met, was the first of the philanthropic gifts to be announced. However, Prince William is the patron of several charities, such as the Tusk Trust and Centrepoint and Starlight, a charity which helps to fulfil the dreams of terminally ill children, is also close to Prince William’s heart. It’s possible that as well as asking for charity donations as gifts, Prince William and Catherine Middleton may sell off the range of toasters, kettles, tea services and other general gifts that the public have showered them with, in order to raise more money for charity.
This request for charitable wedding gifts by the latest Royal Wedding couple is in stark contrast to the wildly extravagant gifts given to Prince Charles and Diana upon their 1981 wedding. The people of Canada sent them a roomful of antique furniture; Australian citizens sent twenty plates inscribed with the wedding date and the US President at the time, Ronal Reagan, sent the couple a porcelain set and engraved glass bowl.
Prince William and Catherine Middleton appear to be encouraging people more towards giving useful gifts that will benefit ordinary people less fortunate than them.
to gift some one make our relation more strong the royal wedding gifts are so great and very precious so they want to donate the gifts because they want do something good for other it is very interesting i like it