• m0darn@lemmy.ca
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      16 hours ago

      During ww2 her mother (my wife’s great granny) had a job as a secretary or office assistant or something at the Royal Norwegian Air Force base in exile in Toronto. In preparation for the royal Christmas visit great granny was tasked with buying a dress to be given as Christmas present to the princess. I guess she took it home to wrap it, and my wife’s grandmother saw it and was incensed that her mom had bought some stranger a nicer gift than her.