Prince Harry's 'cold-blooded' Christmas gift from unlikely royal
dailyrecord.co.ukPrince Harry will celebrate his 39th birthday at the Invictus Games today (Friday). The Duke of Sussex will mark the special occasion at the seventh day of the event alongside Meghan Markle in Dusseldorf - and it's likely Meghan will be showering her husband with lavish gifts.It's widely known that the royal family rarely want anything on their birthday or for Christmas due to their incredibly privileged lives, often buying small, cheap, joke presents for one another, reports the Mirror.However, despite this, it seems Prince Harry was left dumbfounded one year after receiving a 'cold-blooded' gift from an unlikely royal relative.
Writing in his memoir Spare, Harry recalls his great-aunt and the late Queen's sister Princess Margaret, or "Aunt Margo" as he called her, and claimed he didn't know her very well despite sharing "12.5 per cent" of her DNA.He revealed that one Christmas Eve at Sandringham Estate, members of the family were opening their gifts when Margaret gifted him a highly unusual present - a tiny biro with a rubber fish wrapped around it.
He recalls: "Standing before my pile, I chose to open the smallest present first. The tag said: 'From Aunt Margo'. I looked over, called out: 'Thank you, Aunt Margo!'" After opening the gift, Harry claims he was surprised and thanked Margaret, who he says pointed out that it was not just any biro, but a special one.Harry adds: "It wasn't just any biro, she pointed out.
It had a tiny rubber fish wrapped around it. I said: 'Oh. A fish biro! OK.' I told myself: That is cold-blooded." In his book, Harry also adds that growing up he thought he and Margaret should have been friends as they were "Two Spares" and had a lot in common.The memoir says: "Her relationship with Granny
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