SOME IDEAS FOR TREATING A FAVORED NEWBORN LIKE ROYALTY

With Prince Harry and his pregnant wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, expecting their first child in late April or early May, friends and family will be looking for that extra special baby gift to celebrate the arrival fo a new royal.

According to Shanil Malam – toy concierge at Harrods department store in London – a classic Steiff bear is always a good option.

The German company has been producing handcrafted teddy bears since 1880 and offer something that a new child will cherish "for the years to come."

"You can get monogramming done so it's literally their name, their date of birth," he says.

Other options for newborns at the London department store include boy/girl-themed outfits, silverware and personalized baby hampers.

It even offers a range of high-class strollers, such as a top of the line, hand-built model from Aston Martin.

What does actual royalty use?

Well, in Britain it's usually Silver Cross. Founded in 1877, the company has been bouncing royal babies in their fancy prams since the birth of King George VI.

Prince Charles got around in one when he was born and now the three children of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, have shared their Silver Cross ride.

As for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's child, we'll just have to wait and see.

Harry and Meghan are reportedly keen to celebrate the birth of their baby privately as a new family, so it might be a while before we see the royal couple out and about with their new child and upmarket stroller.

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Archive: London, 15 July 2013

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London, 16 April 2019

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16. SOUNDBITE (English) Shanil Malam, toy concierge – on how you become a toy concierge:

"So, becoming a toy concierge, I had to kind of gain product knowledge. So, from like the first, let's say, month of my role here, I was in customer services, so, kind of being on the shop floor, kind of moving around from room to room gaining that customer… or customer, kind of, let's say, customer requirements and built a kind of product knowledge from there and kind of got my expertise from that."

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23. SOUNDBITE (English) Shanil Malam, toy concierge – on what a toy concierge does:

"A normal scenario will be a parent not knowing what they want to get for their kids so they literally are just like, 'I've got a six year old, I want to buy this. They're into football or they're into action hero, or action toys,' and that's how we kind of build a relationship and then kind of move on from there."

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27. Close-up Duke and Duchess of Sussex talking to guests

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32. SOUNDBITE (English) Shanil Malam, toy concierge – on buying for a royal baby:

(Reporter: "If you had to give people advice on buying something for a royal baby, what kind of thing would you go for?")

"So I have always said to someone that is wanting to buy a gift for a baby, something that they can always remember. So something like a Steiff bear, where it's handmade. You can get monogramming done so it's literally their name, their date of birth, and then you can kind of remember that and kind of hold on to it for the years to come, rather than a toy where they just going to grow out of."

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35. SOUNDBITE (English) Shanil Malam, toy concierge – on playing with the toys:

"We have the option to. Like, there's always an option to play with toys so even if… let's say for example it's quiet or you want to interact with the kids, so even if it's like, for example, Easter, we can have like private tours coming in where they, we surprise and delight customers or their children. They will be like literally so engaged, where you can play with snow or you can play with the air ball, you can play with LEGO. So it's all kind of free flowing. It's a fun atmosphere."

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