Prince Harry and Meghan received bespoke dungarees, books and socks for son Archie, Buckingham Palace reveals
Annual list reveals infant was showered with gifts in 2019
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Your support makes all the difference.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were inundated with gifts last year for their son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, who was born on 6 May.
Buckingham Palace’s annual list of official gifts reveals that the infant received everything from soft toys to a pair of bespoke dungarees while on his first overseas tour to South Africa last autumn.
When the couple met Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the trip, he gave them two children’s books – a collection of Bible stories, and Desmond And The Very Mean Word – both of which the cleric had written.
Elsewhere on the trip, Archie was given a total of four soft toys, two beaded bracelets and a framed picture.
He was also given a pilot’s log book and two pilot’s shirts in addition to other clothes, such as a hooded sweatshirt and a knitted jumper.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle also received several gifts themselves on the trip, including a pair of designer skinny fit jeans that were commissioned from an emerging local brand, Tshepo.
The brand also designed a pair of dungarees for Archie.
Lesedi Masemola, manager of Tshepo’s showroom, said that when Meghan saw the dungarees, she described them as “very cute”.
Additionally, the list released by Buckingham Palace reveals that the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall received 36 gifts for baby Archie while on a trip to Germany that took place days after he was born.
The gifts presented to the couple for Archie included four soft toy pretzels, two toy lions, a blanket, hat and a teddy bear.
The list also details what other members of the royal family received in 2019, including the Queen, who was given 72 official presents, including a 24-carat gold-plated horse comb from President Borut Pahor of Slovenia.
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