Prince William and that gift that Kate Middleton never forgave him for

The prince William he certainly gave his wife many gifts Kate Middleton over the course of their years together, but if today it is certainly simpler, due to a greater knowledge of tastes and needs, at the beginning of their history things did not always go smoothly. Once in particular, as the prince recently told during an interview on BBC Radio Five Live.

«I once bought my wife binoculars. He never let me forget it.” William’s revelation. The (unwanted) gift came at the beginning of the story with Kate. «It didn’t go well. Honestly, I have no idea why I bought her binoculars, it seemed like a good idea at the time.”added the heir to the throne jokingly. Prince William and Kate Middleton, both 42, met in 2001 and fell in love when they were students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Married since April 2011, today they have three children, George, Charlotte and Louis.

Kate, William and their three children at Christmas Mass 2024 together with the rest of the family.

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At the time, Kate understandably turned her nose up at the gift, after all – underlines the Mirror– «William was much less confident about his ability to give gifts». Today perhaps the Princess of Wales might find the idea funny, given that members of the British royal family usually exchange unusual gifts at Christmas. In Spare, in his memoir, Prince Harry writes – for example – that Princess Margaret once gave him a pen in the shape of a fish, but the shower cap that Charles and Diana’s second son thought for his grandmother Elizabeth is decidedly more famous : above it was written “life is bullshit”. It is not yet known what the royals discarded this year, what is certain is that – as per tradition – there were no expensive gifts under the tree, just little thoughts and lots of fun.