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| Clegg's royal baby gifts: Nuns' cot cover and bag of coffee | Clegg's royal baby gifts: Nuns' cot cover and bag of coffee |
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| Nick Clegg has revealed he has sent the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge a cot cover embroidered by Spanish nuns - and a bag of his favourite coffee - after the birth of their son Prince George. | Nick Clegg has revealed he has sent the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge a cot cover embroidered by Spanish nuns - and a bag of his favourite coffee - after the birth of their son Prince George. |
| The deputy PM said during his weekly LBC phone-in, the cot cover had been made in a convent in the village where his wife Miriam had grown up. | |
| The coffee would help the royal couple to "cope" with parenthood, he added. | The coffee would help the royal couple to "cope" with parenthood, he added. |
| No 10 later said David Cameron gave the couple a box set of Roald Dahl books. | |
| The deputy prime minister said he had sent the presents, accompanied by a card, to Kensington Palace on Tuesday | |
| Mr Clegg told listeners that he understood the pressures of being first-time parents and his choice of presents reflected that. | |
| "We sent a large bag of our favourite coffee," he said. "As parents of little boys, you know you need that coffee when you are coping with little boys." | |
| The deputy prime minister has just returned from a holiday near Olmedo in Spain, where his wife grew up. | |
| He said his family's links to the area was the inspiration for the other gift. "We found a beautiful cot cover, with a cot sheet, which is hand embroidered in a convent in the village Miriam comes from in Spain. | |
| "The nuns makes these beautiful hand-made things so we sent that." | |
| The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have reportedly asked well-wishers to consider giving money to charity, in lieu of a gift, to avoid being inundated with presents. |