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Giving away is an art, its talents are unequally awarded to members of the human race, as are accessible price points. The latter is not a problem for Prince William; You can let your generosity take you anywhere – an island, a cherished childhood memory, the diamond shop. Unfortunately, it seems that this is not great for dreaming of the right gift for a particular person, which of course is the key to everything. Case in point: When they were dating, he once bought his future wife, Kate Middleton, a pair of binoculars.
Prince William revealed himself as “average on current purchase” during a podcast interview with BBC Radio 5 Live That Peter Crouch, which was recorded in sections, some on Zoom, others at Kensington Palace in March. the Daily mail He reports that when the talk turned into gifts for other important people (Crouch said he had bought his wife the same raincoat three years in a row, annoyance), the Duke of Cambridge offered a comprehensive story. “I got my wife a pair of binoculars once,” he said. “She has never forgotten that.”
And not in a good way. William continues: “That was at the beginning of the courtship that was. I wrapped them up. They were really nice. “He really thought they were cool, these binoculars.” I was trying to convince myself of that. I thought, ‘But these are really amazing. Look how far you can see!
It all started to go wrong at this point, the point where Kate Middleton opened her gift and realized that she was now the owner of what I truly think were a very good pair of binoculars. “She was looking at me saying, ‘They’re binoculars. What’s going on?’ It didn’t go well. I honestly have no idea why I bought her a pair of binoculars. “
Of course, gifts that don’t sit well always seem silly in hindsight, but to be fair to the prince, Kate Middleton seems like a binocular person. No doubt an elegant person as well, but he could totally imagine using a pair to spy on people from a window overlooking the courtyard in any of the copious palaces he frequents. He could see her waving to a crowd of British obsessed with royalty; someone yells, “We love you, Kate Middleton!” And she raises the binoculars to her eyes to find her superfan’s face, and like a rock star warming up with the band on stage, she points at them with her gloved calfskin hand. He could see her examining the gilded portrait of a deposed king in exquisite detail, or trying to track his Seamless order from several blocks away.
Perhaps Prince William saw some of this too? Unfortunately, everything was wrong.
