17 January,2011 07:43 AM IST | | Agencies
For the guests at Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton, it is something of a dilemma: What to buy the couple, who are likely to have everything they might ever need?
The future king and queen have decided to make it easier for those invited to the weddingu00a0 on April 29 by forgoing matching sets of chinaware. Instead, they will ask their guests to make donations to their favourite charities.
The future king and queen will ask their guests to make donations to help
"When the invitations are issued, they will have some kind of instruction on how to make a donation to a charity chosen by the couple," said a senior royal aide.
The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry, which was established by the brothers in 2009 to help young people in societyu00a0 will be one of the charities listed in the couple's invitations.
"They are still considering whether it will be just the foundation, or whether they will also pick individual charities and projects which they are linked with," says the official.
Starlight, a charity which grants wishes to seriously and terminally ill children, is believed to be another organisation to which the couple will ask their wedding guests to donate.
The Prince and Princess of Wales received thousands of presents after their marriage in 1981, including a roomful of antique furniture from Canada, 20 silver platters inscribed with their wedding date from Australia and an engraved glass bowl and porcelain set from Ronald Reagan.
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