Prince Harry, in his 2023 memoir, Spare, shared a couple of weird Christmas present he acquired from his great-aunt, Princess Margaret, at Sandringham Estate, the place he spent conventional royal Christmases together with his household.
While the Duke and his spouse, Meghan Markle, have spent the previous 5 Christmases in North America, he reminisced about his youthful years in England when he joined the royal household in celebrating the vacation.
“The complete household gathered to open items on Christmas Eve, as all the time, a German custom that survived the anglicizing of the household surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor,” Harry wrote.
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What was that present Prince Harry acquired?
The Duke shared one specific present Princess ‘Aunt Margo’ Margaret gave him. Harry described her as somebody he barely knew and admitted that they had little interplay regardless of sharing “12.5 %” of their DNA.
During this Christmas gathering, he stood earlier than his pile of presents and selected to open the smallest one first, which bore the tag “From Aunt Margo.” Upon opening it, Harry realized it was a biro pen. “The tag stated: ‘From Aunt Margo.’ I appeared over and referred to as out, ‘Thank you, Aunt Margo!’” he recalled.
Princess Margaret identified that the pen was particular, but Harry remembered feeling quite chilly concerning the gesture, pondering to himself, “That is cold-blooded.”
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Prince Harry defined that he felt a way of unease round her, describing, “Growing up, I felt nothing for her, besides a little bit of pity and numerous jumpiness.”
“She may kill a houseplant with one scowl.” Harry went on to attract parallels between himself and Margaret, noting how each occupied the function of “spare” inside the royal household. “Her relationship with Granny [Queen Elizabeth II] wasn’t an actual analog of mine with Willy, however fairly shut. The simmering rivalry, the extreme competitors (pushed largely by the older sibling), all of it appeared acquainted,” he wrote.