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What do you give to a lady who has everything? This was the dilemma facing Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, as she deliberated what to get the Queen for their first Christmas together.
After much careful thought, Kate eventually decided to make something for the Queen of the UK — a batch of chutney from her own grandmother’s recipe.
Kate talked about the stressful ordeal in a new documentary to be aired on the UK’s ITV channel for the Queen’s 90th birthday.
“She (the Queen) really cares,” she said. “I can remember being at Sandringham, for the first time, at Christmas. And I was worried what to give the Queen as her Christmas present. I was thinking, ‘Gosh, what should I give her?'”
“I thought back to what I would give my own grandparents. And I thought, ‘I’ll make her something.’ Which could have gone horribly wrong. But I decided to make my granny’s recipe of chutney.”
She added: “I was slightly worried about it, but I noticed the next day that it was on the table.”
“I think such a simple gesture went such a long way for me and I’ve noticed since she’s done that on lots of occasions and I think it just shows her thoughtfulness, really, and her care in looking after everybody.”
It’s thought the gift was a marrow chutney, which featured in Pippa Middleton’s recipe book [amazon text=Celebrate&asin=0670026352].