Christmas shopping for a princess certainly sounds like a daunting task - particularly one as fashionable as Princess Kate - and it even took Prince William a while to get used to it. There's no doubt the couple will have exchanged thoughtful gifts this year at their annual get-together at Sandringham, but back in the early days of their courtship, William was far less confident in his gift-giving abilities. And one blunder left his now-wife seriously perplexed, so much so that she vowed to "never let him forget it".
William, 42, revealed the unusual present during an appearance on former England striker Peter Crouch's podcast on BBC Radio Five Live. In a discussion about presents, Crouch confessed to buying his model wife Abbey Clancy a raincoat three years running for her birthday. And William admitted: "I did get my wife a pair of binoculars once - 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.
" It's well known that the royals prefer not to lavish each other with expensive, ostentatious gifts at Christmas time - instead preferring to give light-hearted joke presents. Due to the fact they descend from Germanic roots, they also adopt traditions the rest of us in the UK might not recognise - like exchanging goodies on Christmas Eve rather than the big day. It's thought that on Christmas Eve, eac.
