Prince Harry and Meghan Markle recently visited Nigeria and when they returned to the US this week, they brought with them a number of gifts , including works of art (paintings), clothes, jewelry…
This made many netizens, especially fans of the British Royal Family , question why Harry was allowed to receive such gifts.
According to official British Royal Family regulations, members of the Royal Family are not allowed to receive gifts from government agencies, trade associations, civil agencies, charities or similar organizations, from people who are not actually acquainted with the Royal Family members…
In general, members of the Royal Family are not allowed to receive any gifts from others, except in rare cases when the gift is flowers, books or food, if the value is less than 200 USD (about 5 million VND, or 150 GBP). The British Royal Family also keeps very careful records of all official gifts given to them.
During their trip to Nigeria, Harry and Meghan received more than 20 gifts, according to The Sun and New York Post . The gifts included two paintings – one of Harry and Princess Diana and one of Harry and Meghan, some clothes, earrings, necklaces made of wooden beads, a large mirror with a picture of the couple…
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In fact, the strict gift rules mentioned above only apply to working members of the British Royal Family, so it is true that Harry would not be allowed to receive gifts if he were still in the Royal Family. For example, Prince William and Duchess Kate are almost not allowed to receive any gifts at all. Now, although Harry is still a Prince but he no longer works for the British Royal Family, he is allowed to receive and keep the gifts, not that he and his wife are breaking the rules.