"wow" Royalt is a great thing, the new royal baby is just 2days old and gifts has statred rolling.News has it that the new princess of Britian will be receiving a gift fromAustralia. The gifts comprises a fine woollen blanket embroidered with yellow flowers, the new princess will also be honoured with a more unusual gift -- support for a rare possum.
Fervent royalist Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the cot blanket made from Tasmanian merino wool and stitched with the nation's floral emblem, the wattle, would be sent to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge after their new baby arrived on Saturday.
Australian government will also give a donation of $10,00(US$,826), to Victorian state wildlife sanctuary to support research into the
Mountain Pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus), an unusual creature thought
extinct until 1966 in honour of the new princess.
"The Mountain Pygmy-possum is Australia's only
hibernating marsupial. There are fewer than 2,000 left in the wild,"
Abbott said of the endangered animal which can fit into the palm of a
human hand and weighs only 45 grams."I hope one day the princess can visit Australia and hold a Mountain Pygmy-possum herself."
The
animal-themed gift chimes with Australia's presents to older brother
George on his birth in 2013, when the baby prince was given a crocodile
which hatched on the day his conception was announced.
In
addition, George was sent a copy of the popular children's book "Possum
Magic" and a stuffed toy bilby, with funding for a research project
into that tiny marsupial also donated in his honour.
The
princess, who is fourth in line to the British throne, was born in
London on Saturday, triggering global interest including in Australia
where her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II is head of state.
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