Britain’s Princess Anne joked she would have to remove the shirt of a teddy bear she was given for her granddaughter yesterday (07.04.14).
The princess was given a collection of gifts from Coombe Castle dairy in Wiltshire, South West England and among the parcel was the Bath rugby shirt-wearing toy, which was intended for two-month-old Mia, her daughter Zara Phillips’ first child with husband Mike Tindall, who plays for the team’s rivals Gloucester.
Given a parcel of cheeses and creams from company chairman Glyn Wooley, she spotted the bear and joked: "I might have to take that off."
Anne toured the dairy and officially opened new headquarters The Creamery, before presenting the company with its third Queen’s Award for International Trade.
She said: "It is always a pleasure to be allowed to present the Queen’s Award.
"Winning it once is impressive, but winning three is a real achievement, and something tells me you may be adding to your collection again in the future."
Mr. Wooley was thrilled to welcome a royal visitor.
He said: "I feel very honoured that she came here. I wrote to her personally, and I’m very glad we were able to book a royal.
"We moved here last year, and we were able to combine two warehouses and all out staff into one place.
"There’s plenty of space to expand here, and we’re always looking to expand into new products, so who knows what we will do next?"
Princess Anne given joke bear
