Not another saucer! Charles’ years of potty pottery gifts to his cousin are revealed after she finally unpacks boxes she kept in the cellar

Prince Charles' goddaughter and second cousin India Hicks has been stockpiling unused Christmas and birthday presents from HRH through the years - and consigning them to her cellar

Most individuals can be delighted to obtain a Christmas current from the Prince of Wales, however apparently his goddaughter and second cousin India Hicks will not be amongst them.

Princess Diana's bridesmaid reveals she has been stockpiling unused Christmas and birthday presents from HRH through the years — and consigning them to her cellar.

What's extra, she errs on the facet of ingratitude by admitting that she would have most popular an Adam Ant poster relatively than the 'complicated' items of Thomas Goode china from the luxury Mayfair potter, which she started receiving from Prince Charles from the age of eight. These ranged from a gravy boat, price £320 in as we speak's cash, to saucers.

Now, after a long time of gathering undesirable dishes, the mom of 4 has lastly unpacked the bins and printed images of the contents on-line, alongside intimate hand- written notes from Charles. 

'Plenty of love on your birthday out of your extremely historical godfather,' reads one missive.

'A lot love for a really blissful birthday out of your seaborne godfather, Charles,' reads one other.

'I've now moved from one residence to a different in England and the mountain of Thomas Goode bins have lastly been introduced up from the cellar, unwrapped, dusted off and put to make use of,' confesses India.

India, 49, is the daughter of the late inside designer David Hicks and Woman Pamela Hicks (nee Mount- batten), a former lady-in-waiting to the Queen and first cousin of Prince Philip. 

She goes on to recount on her social media web page how she lately requested her daughter Domino what she wished for Christmas and her reply was a robotic canine known as Chip.

'Chip the robotic canine would definitely be much less complicated than the gravy dish I obtained for Christmas from a sure godfather after I was about eight years previous,' she explains.

After a long time of gathering undesirable dishes, the mom of 4 has lastly unpacked the bins and printed images of the contents on-line 

India has additionally shared intimate handwritten notes from Charles, together with one which reads: 'Plenty of love on your birthday out of your extremely historical godfather' 

India, 49, is the daughter of the late inside designer David Hicks and Woman Pamela Hicks (nee Mount- batten), a former lady-in-waiting to the Queen and first cousin of Prince Philip

'That was most likely the primary time I keep in mind receiving the thick cardboard field wrapped in brown paper, with an imposing purple ER stamp on it.

'Inside was numerous scratchy straw and inside that, if you dug deep, was a gravy dish, or a saucer, or a demitasse [small coffee cup].

'For years and years each birthday and each Christmas these cardboard bins arrived. 

'Yearly I used to be relatively hoping for one thing apart from a saucer. Clearly not Chip the robotic canine, however perhaps an Adam Ant poster or one thing…'

Maybe her confusion might be simply defined. Thomas Goode holds two Royal Warrants — one from the Queen . . . the opposite from Charles.

India (pictured far left), who served as Diana's bridesmaid, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace with the newlywed Prince and Princess

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