The royal family traditionally skips extravagant gifts, opting for more memorable ones during their gift-giving exchange on Christmas Eve in Sandringham, England. While members of the royal family do not publicly declare what they got for each other, Prince Harry is known to give the silliest gifts, with Duchess Kate coming in a close second as she tries her best to keep up with the rest of the family. In the past, Kate reportedly gave a DIY sloe gin pack to Prince Charles and a quirky Grow-a-Girlfriend kit to Prince Harry.
Leather toilet seat, anyone? See the surprising Christmas gifts the royal family exchanges https://t.co/J69QBMNIbP pic.twitter.com/ArfrfgZPVZ
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Jennie Bond, former royal family correspondent at the BBC, said she cannot verify if the news is true.
"I don't know," said Bond, according to the Guardian. "No one's ever told me.... As I understand, they open their presents in very Germanic fashion on Christmas Eve," added Bond. "There's a table laid out for each person, and the idea is that they give very silly, daft presents. Nothing particularly extravagant, though I expect that secretly William might give Kate something gorgeous and vice versa."
"The crazier and the more quirky is what they love," said Darren McGrady, the chef for the late Princess Diana, according to People. "It's not about something really amazing or a Cartier watch."
Prince Harry reportedly once gave the Queen a shower cap that said "Ain't life a bitch" on it.
Everyone in the family is expected to dive into the gifts to create a scene of "total uproar," said Viscount Linley, nephew of the Queen, according to Express UK.
The royal family receives all sorts of gifts, quirky or not, as they travel around the world. Listed below are gifts received by the Queen in 2014, according to Global News.
The Queen's Official Gifts 2014
