GIFTS FROM WILLIAM! THIS IS WHAT THE PRINCE OF WALES GAVE HIS WIFE PRINCESS CATHERINE!
GIFTS FROM WILLIAM! THIS IS WHAT THE PRINCE OF WALES GAVE HIS WIFE PRINCESS CATHERINE!
Catherine, Princess of Wales, celebrated her birthday on 9 January. Her Highness knows that William, Prince of Wales, likes to delight her with lovely gifts. Some of these gifts are not cheap.
Yesterday, Britain’s top fashionista turned 42 years old. The Prince of Wales gives his wife on her birthday not only a bouquet of flowers. William also gives Catherine jewellery, and some of them got into the lens of cameras.
So, the prince presented his wife with a magnificent Cartier jewellery set for £121,000. The stunning set is believed to have been given to Catherine on her 30th birthday. The chief royal fashionista appeared in the luxurious jewellery at an event in support of the London Olympics in 2012. The 18-carat chain is set with pavé diamonds and three intertwined rings in rose, yellow and white gold. The earrings are of the same design.
One gift from William, Catherine showed off during the royal tour of Canada. She wore an exquisite Ballon Bleu de Cartier watch worth £4,850. They were believed to have been given to her as a gift for her third wedding anniversary.
William’s gifts include some more modest ones. In 2022, the Princess of Wales wore a £100 drop earring. It’s a gold-plated piece of jewellery with an intricate coin-style design with dangling gemstones from the famous Sezane brand, which Catherine is known to love. The earrings were a Christmas gift from the prince.
However, there have been some funny moments in William and Catherine’s relationship. So, for example, the future King of the United Kingdom admitted to how once presented his favourite woman not the most successful gift. At the very beginning of their romance, he presented his beloved with binoculars.
This was at an early stage of their relationship. According to him, he thought it would strengthen their relationship, but it didn’t turn out so well. Recalling the incident, William said that he himself does not know why he bought Catherine binoculars. It just seemed like a good idea to him at the time. Now the Prince and Princess of Wales remember that funny gift with a smile.
After Giving His Wife Some “Awful” Gifts in the Past, Prince William Made Up for It by Gifting Princess Kate £121K in Jewelry
Tomorrow is the Princess of Wales’ 42nd birthday and, in addition to a potentially fantastic gift from her father-in-law King Charles, we’re wondering what Prince William will give his wife this year. (After all, let’s be honest—Kate will probably never mark this past year as the easiest year of her life.)
Now, look—William himself has admitted that he hasn’t always been a pro in the gift giving department. But sometimes he nails it, like for their third wedding anniversary in 2014, or in the aftermath of a disastrous gift he gave to Kate, which he followed up with £121,000 in jewelry, The Sun reports.
When Kate stepped out to support the Olympics in London back in 2012, she dazzled in the Olympic Cartier set—estimated to be worth more than six figures. The set is thought to have been given to Kate as a 30th birthday present earlier that year (although it hasn’t been confirmed). The 18-carat chain has pavé diamonds and three intertwined circles of pink, yellow, and white gold. The gift—reportedly from William—is beautiful, and surely received well by his wife.
Another gift Kate loved? A £4,850 Ballon Bleu de Cartier watch, which is thought to have been given to Kate for their third wedding anniversary, The Sun reports; she wore the piece during a royal tour of Canada. Years later, in 2022, Kate wore a pair of £100 drop earrings that were a Christmas gift from William. The gold-plated earrings featured an intricate coin-style design and were by Sezane, a brand Kate is known to love.
But there was at least one gift that William himself called “awful,” and one that Kate will “never let him forget,” he said. While appearing on a podcast with Peter Crouch on BBC Radio Five Live, William sheepishly admitted that he once gave Kate “a pair of binoculars.”
“I did get my wife a pair of binoculars once,” he said. “She’s never let me forget that. That was early on in the courtship, that was—I think that sealed the deal. It didn’t go well. Honestly, I have no idea why I bought her a pair of binoculars. It seemed like a good idea at the time.”
As we wonder what William will gift Kate tomorrow, let’s remember that the royal family is well known for giving one another gag gifts at Christmas rather than lavish ones. One of the most memorable gag gifts, for example, was when Prince Harry gave his grandmother Queen Elizabeth a bath hat that read “Ain’t life a b—tch.”
