King Charles can confiscate George, Charlotte and Louis' toys due to strange royal rule

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It's well known that the royal family must obey a series of strict rules and codes of conduct at all times whether that be attending events, adhering to specific protocol or arriving in a certain order.While all of that alone seems enough to remember, there is another strange rule that affects the younger family members in 'the Firm' which Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis may not be too impressed by.During her 96 years as Queen Elizabeth, Her Majesty visited over 120 countries and made countless visits in and around the UK, where she often received numerous weird and wonderful gifts from the public.This is something that happens to many of the royal family members, including Prince William and Kate Middleton, OK!

reports.However, as kind as these gestures are, there is a strict rule which means that any gift handed to the royals during a visit does not automatically belong to them, with the monarch having the power to decide what to do with it.When it comes to giving their own gifts for one another in 'the Firm', the royals are known for buying one another silly novelty presents and are free to do what they wish with them.However, gifts given to them by the public during trips, tours and engagements are governed by a different set of rules.

The royals have a seven-page handbook on receiving presents, which details the rules of when they can accept them, when they must reject or return them and how they are recorded.

These rules mean that anything that is handed over to them automatically belongs to the monarch and will not be the property of that family member unless they themselves ascend the throne.