# Wedding Present for Prince Harry/ Meghan Markle? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 10, 2018, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578 "2018-02-10T08:31:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/21 "2018-02-11T01:09:25Z")
> [@ioioio](#): > > Cash is always appreciated by young couples. Maybe some gift cards? But to where… Starbucks, Target, Wal-Mart, Panera, the iTunes store? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/22 "2018-02-11T08:06:52Z")
Gonna go the Bertram Wooster route and have Harrod’s send over a fish slice, with my compliments. ---
**Author:** ![StrangeBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@StrangeBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrangeBird)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/23 "2018-02-11T08:28:29Z")
A colander? ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/24 "2018-02-12T02:19:51Z")
For the last wedding my wife and I attended, we gave the couple a pack of[Renova toilet paper in blue.](https://www.amazon.com/Renova-Colour-Toilet-Bathroom-Tissue/dp/B003F51CU4?th=1) They loved it. They have used 3 of them so far and use it only for special occasions. I’m sure the royals would want nothing less for their bottoms. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/25 "2018-02-12T02:47:23Z")
> [@StrangeBird](#): > > A colander? I don’t think religious symbols are appropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/26 "2018-02-12T03:24:36Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I don’t think religious symbols are appropriate. Ok, that’s funny. 😛 I wonder if part of the Royal Wedding Expenses is staffing up for _The Proper Disposal of Wedding Gifts._ I kind of doubt they sell them on eBay or hand them out to servants like party favors. (“Here Nigel, in honor of your 15 years of loyal service and in commemoration of the Royal Wedding, have a toaster!”) ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/27 "2018-02-12T03:26:34Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > I don’t think religious symbols are appropriate. I lol’d\* I’m thinking an original Renoir (as long as we are entertaining hypotheticals). \*its a Flying Spaghetti Monster reference, I presume. ---
**Author:** ![StrangeBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@StrangeBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrangeBird)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/28 "2018-02-12T11:13:45Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > \*its a Flying Spaghetti Monster reference, I presume. Actually a reference to this [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=602719) starting from post 155. But the Flying Spaghetti Monster probably makes sense to more people. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/29 "2018-02-12T14:08:47Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Oh, they’ll probably get some hand-me-down shit from some ancestor or other… you know, the odd monarch, duke, earl, or duke of earl. Not a _Bull Durham_ fan I take it. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/30 "2018-02-12T14:36:29Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Not a _Bull Durham_ fan I take it. If you mean the movie, yes, I’m very much a fan. “From what I hear, you couldn’t hit water if you fell out of a fuckin’ boat.” I remember there was some wedding present advice, but I don’t remember the details. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/31 "2018-02-12T22:54:44Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I remember there was some wedding present advice, but I don’t remember the details. **Julius Henry** ’s post and my response sum up the gift advice in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/32 "2018-02-13T21:27:03Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > Ireland … Nah, Scotland! The Saxe-Coberg-Goethe-Winsors-Mountbatten/Battenberg-whatever are still Stewarts, after all! ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/33 "2018-02-13T21:35:58Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > I am thinking a nice picnic basket. Do you think they have one? Maybe a champagne bucket. Any ideas? Fortnum & Mason - and it’s a “picnic hamper” on that side of the Atlantic. (F&M? I _knew_ I forgot to go somewhere when I was in London last summer…) ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/34 "2018-02-14T00:48:46Z")
I hope everyone will be generous (but tactful) since Harry is unemployed and Meghan had to quit her job to move to England. An etiquette question: Is heirloom jewelry an appropriate gift outside of the immediate family? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/35 "2018-02-14T01:29:17Z")
> [@ioioio](#): > > ]Is heirloom jewelry an appropriate gift outside of the immediate family? If “heirloom” means it’s worth more when they sell it to buy crack, sure. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/36 "2018-02-16T09:52:29Z")
I think a handful of titles created for the purpose will do nicely. That’s what his brother got, after all. > [@running\_coach](#): > > A “I Married Into the Royal Family / A Hollywood Actress And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt.” set. D’oh! That’s perfect! The best answer. You didn’t want to be a duke anyway, right, Harry? Love, Gram. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/37 "2018-02-16T10:37:48Z")
Thank you all. I think we will go with the picnic basket. It is a lot of fun to fill it with stuff. Our other option was a shearling, but my wife vetoed that. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/38 "2018-02-16T11:28:44Z")
I think you should send them a selection of CDs. I’d say [by](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous!) [these](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrax_(American_band)) [bands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_(American_band)). Be sure to write the contents on the package in large letters so that they are sure to open it right away. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/39 "2018-02-16T15:37:14Z")
A sober chauffer. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578/40 "2018-02-16T15:42:00Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > … Our other option was a shearling, but my wife vetoed that. Are you talking about a lamb or a coat? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-present-for-prince-harry-meghan-markle/808578.md?page=3)