Q. I enjoyed your suggestion of special edition stamps as
presents to commemorate the second marriages of older people. Sadly these would be superfluous for the royal wedding I am about to attend. I have been told there is no need to give a present but I would like to mark my support for this exceptional couple who do, I admit, already have everything. What do you suggest, Mary?
Name and address withheld A. May I recommend a present from the Wedding Garden Company (01342 832123), www.weddinggardencompany.co.uk, which can suggest and supply suitable plants or Trees Direct (01588 680280), www.treesdirect.co.uk, from whom one octogenarian was recently ecstatic to receive 80 trees as his 80th birthday present. You can never have too many plants or trees and their appropriateness as royal gifts is that they benefit not just the royal recipients, but also their loyal subjects, by helping to offset the damage caused by global warming.
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