Surprising royal who turns Scrooge over presents as they state ‘you shouldn’t’

ok.co.uk:

As well as time-old traditions such as the bustling grand present opening at Sandringham House on Christmas Eve, or the walk to church en masse on Christmas Day, another key ingredient of the festive season for the royals - much as it is for the rest of the population - is hitting the shops and admiring the festive light displays, as they engage in some retail therapy.

But there is one Royal in particular has a famously deep-seated dislike of being gifted anything over the top or decadent on Christmas Day - and that is the King himself.

As the monarch’s former butler, Grant Harrold, tells OK! that Charles always prefers friends and family to give him something that is fun, or useful - but never anything that looks like it broke the bank. “The King hates being given anything extravagant and expensive.

He’d be embarrassed if you spent a fortune on him”, he maintains. “He’d say, that’s lovely but you really shouldn’t have. So at Christmas, I used to give him books on Victorian gardening or honey-based products, because I know how much he loves honey.” But King Charles isn’t the only royal who likes to keep the presents low-key, snubbing extravagant gift-giving over the festive season - the entire royal family are known for being rather pragmatic about it.