Prince William and Kate Middleton have been together for over 20 years, but despite their strong bond, this didn't stop His Royal Highness from once buying his princess a bizarre gift that "didn't go well.

In light of King Charles III's ongoing battle with cancer, Prince William and Kate Middleton are proactively preparing to assume their future roles as king and queen, ensuring the

Prince William, now 42, gave Kate, also 42, the gift early in their courtship, when they were both students at the University of St. Andrews — where they met in 2001 and fell in love thereafter. As The Mirror put it, back in the early 2000s William “was far less confident in his gift-giving abilities,” and one gift left his then-girlfriend baffled.