Strange gifts given to royal family members over the years
From ostrich eggs and totem poles to carrots and cabbages, there have been some unusual gifts to the royal family.
What do you give to someone who seemingly has everything? A few fresh vegetables should do the trick, or perhaps a decorated ostrich egg.
Meghan’s not the first royal to be gifted vegetables, with the Duchess of Cornwall being given a giant cabbage for her birthday at the Dig For Victory allotment in St James’s Park, central London, in July 2018.
The Queen has also received gifts of all shapes and sizes throughout her reign, including a miniature seven-inch throne from the Game of Thrones series in Northern Ireland.
Among the more unusual gifts, she has also received a purple fleece dog bed, a 100ft tall totem pole carved from a single log of western red cedar, and a silver-plated filigree pumpkin from the Cambodian ambassador.
But the Queen particularly liked the personalised Buckingham Palace London Underground sign she received in 2010.
And Prince George has been showered with hundreds of gifts in his first five years, including giant cuddly toys and a possum skin cloak in Australia, and his own miniature amphibious boat in New Zealand. The young prince also received five Tintin figurines from the Belgian royal family in 2017.
The Duke of Edinburgh once received a traditional Spanish cloak from the King and Queen of Spain, featuring a standing collar, crimson velvet lining and a silver Salamanca-style clasp.
And the Duke of York was posted two boxes of mangoes from former president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, along with 10 boxes of the fruit months later from the Pakistani prime minister.
