{"id":217717,"date":"2023-12-17T17:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T17:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=217717"},"modified":"2023-12-17T17:29:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T17:29:01","slug":"prince-harry-gave-queen-an-x-rated-christmas-gift-shed-never-use-says-butler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/prince-harry-gave-queen-an-x-rated-christmas-gift-shed-never-use-says-butler\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry gave Queen an X-rated Christmas gift she&#8217;d &#8216;never use&#8217;, says butler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Prince Harry once gifted his late-grandmother The Queen an iconic . . . and very rude Christmas gift. <\/p>\n<p> According to controversial ex-Royal butler Paul Burrell, appearing on Channel 4&apos;s A Very Royal Christmas: Sandringham Secrets, the Duke of Sussex bought the much-loved Monarch an x-rated shower cap. He claims, without stating what year it was, thatPrince Harry gifted the Queen a cap with the words \u201cAin&apos;t life a b***h\u201d on it. <\/p>\n<p>And adding a baffling bit of detail when speaking to the show in 2020, he said: \u201cAs I know the Queen doesn\u2019t take a shower, no, I don\u2019t think it would have been worn \u2013 the Queen likes to take a bath.\u201d Harry has had an interesting relationship with Christmas in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><b> READ MORE: Doctors in meltdown as mystery China virus &apos;stops responding&apos; to all antibiotics <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b> <i> For the latest news, click here. <\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31693605.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_The-Queen-Visits-West-Sussex.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p> Shortly after leaving the Royal Family to take up a new life in California, he was given a gift by his wife Meghan Markle that left him \u201croaring\u201d. And he wrote about it in his tell-all memoir Spare. <\/p>\n<p>The Duke of Sussex recalled his family&apos;s first Christmas Stateside, writing: &quot;It was Christmas Eve. We FaceTimed with several friends, including a few in Britain. We watched Archie running around the tree. And we opened presents. Keeping to the Windsor family tradition.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31693608.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Britains-Prince-Harry-Delivers-An-Address-At-The-UN-General-Assembly.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31676693.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_William-and-Kate-scoffed-curries-and-organised-secret-cinema-trips-as-Prince-of-Wales-is-romantic.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Former butler lifts lid on William and Kate&apos;s secret trips to boozer and Tesco<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> The royal tradition of opening presents on Christmas Eve was introduced by Prince Albert and Queen Victoria. In Albert&apos;s native Germany the practice is known as Heiligabend Bescherung, which translates to &quot;Christmas Eve gifts&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>Harry continued: &quot;One present was a little Christmas ornament of\u2026 the Queen! I roared. What the\u2014? Meg had spotted it in a local store and thought I might like it. I held it to the light. It was Granny\u2019s face to a T. I hung it on an eye-level branch. It made me happy to see her there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31693607.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_THE_REAL_FULL_MONTY_JINGLE_BALLS_31.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31668377.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/2_430AM-Real-reason-why-Prince-Harry-and-Meghan-Markle-only-work-one-hour-a-week.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Real reason why Prince Harry and Meghan Markle &apos;only work one hour a week&apos;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Harry went on to reveal how the decoration didn&apos;t last very long thanks to his son Archie, who was one-and-a-half at the time. He wrote: &quot;But then Archie, playing around the tree, jostled the stand, shook the tree, and Granny fell. I heard a smash and turned. Pieces lay all over the floor.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Archie ran and grabbed a spray bottle. For some reason he thought spraying water on the broken pieces would fix it. Meg said: No, Archie, no \u2014 do not spray Gan-Gan! I grabbed a dustpan and swept up the pieces, all the while thinking: This is weird.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b> <i>For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking<\/i> <\/b> <b> <i>here<\/i> <\/b> <b> <i>.<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/latest-news\/prince-harry-gave-queen-x-31693586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Harry once gifted his late-grandmother The Queen an iconic . . . and very rude Christmas gift. According to controversial ex-Royal butler Paul Burrell, appearing on Channel 4&apos;s A Very Royal Christmas: Sandringham Secrets, the Duke of Sussex bought the much-loved Monarch an x-rated shower cap. He claims, without stating what year it was, thatPrince Harry gifted the Queen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Prince Harry gave Queen an X-rated Christmas gift she&#039;d &#039;never use&#039;, says butler - Best World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/prince-harry-gave-queen-an-x-rated-christmas-gift-shed-never-use-says-butler\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Prince Harry gave Queen an X-rated Christmas gift she&#039;d &#039;never use&#039;, says butler - Best World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prince Harry once gifted his late-grandmother The Queen an iconic . . . and very rude Christmas gift. 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