The Mail on Sunday

Pippa’s gift for a pampered royal baby? £4 eco-nappies ...flown in from Switzerlan­d

- By Katie Nicholl ROYAL CORRESPOND­ENT

unlikely to be too concerned about their cost but will know that using eco-friendly nappies will please the WITH the birth now imminent, relatives of the forthcomin­g Royal baby will be ready to shower the newborn with expensive gifts from London’s smartest shops.

But the Duchess of Cambridge may be in line for a more practical present for her baby – a supply of biodegrada­ble nappies from her sister, Pippa Middleton.

At £4 each, the mull-cloth nappies are not cheap and they are yet to really catch on in the UK.

But they are all the rage in Europe and Pippa, 31, may have learned of their merits during one of her frequent trips to Switzerlan­d where her boyfriend Nico Jackson lives.

Shoppers in Geneva have reported seeing Pippa buying the nappies in a shop there.

Most of their appeal comes from the fact that they are made from natural fibres – meaning, unlike convention­al nappies, they don’t end up in landfill heaps. Kate is baby’s grandfathe­r, Prince Charles, a keen environmen­talist. Pippa will be aware that Kate adores natural clothing materials.

The first photograph taken of Prince George as the family left St Mary’s hospital in London in 2013 showed him wrapped in organic muslin cotton swaddling from a clothing brand Aden + Anais.

Pippa has also recently been seen visiting a high-end baby boutique in Geneva where she enquired about a £140 rocking chair.

She has also spent a ‘small fortune’ on baby grows from clothing brand Arsène et les Pipelettes, according to an eyewitness. She bought in neutral colours, suggesting that even she has not been told whether Kate is expecting a boy or a girl.

Last night supporters of the Duke and Duchess were camped outside the private Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London, where the Duchess is expected to give birth imminently.

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