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Queen Camilla Delivers Replica Roo to NYPL, Completing Winnie-the-Pooh Set

The library calls the gift a gesture of cultural friendship that keeps a beloved literary set whole for public view.

Queen Camilla gifts the New York Public Library a specially-made replica of Roo produced by Merrythought, the same manufacturer that produced Christopher Robin's original dolls in the 1920s.
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Overview

  • Queen Camilla presented a specially made Roo to the New York Public Library on Wednesday, completing its display of Christopher Robin’s original toys.
  • The replica was built by British maker Merrythought using factory archives and early illustrations to match the lost 1920s toy.
  • Library chief Anthony W. Marx said the queen carried Roo on the royal flight and brought it in her purse before handing it over on a Union Jack cushion.
  • The visit included a children’s reading and a reception for the Queen’s Reading Room charity, and marked the first recorded visit to the library by a British royal.
  • Pooh, Kanga, Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore have lived at the library since 1987 after a 1947 U.S. tour, while the original Roo was lost in an English orchard in the 1930s.