Get stuffed, Britain.<\/p>\n
The Crown has reignited its tug of war with Big Apple public-library officials over the first Winnie-the-Pooh bear \u2014 but the city\u2019s bookworm bigs scoff the stuffed icon is now a certified New Yorker and that the royals can fuggedabout getting it back.<\/p>\n
This month\u2019s centennial celebration of the famed children\u2019s classic \u2014 revolving around the 105-year-old stuffed animal that belonged to Christopher Robin Milne, the son of English Winnie-the-Pooh creator A.A. Milne \u2014 apparently prompted the fresh face-off, with Queen Camilla <\/a>reportedly leading the charge.<\/p>\n Winnie-the-Pooh was inspired by toys belonging to English author A.A. Milne\u2019s son, Christopher Robin. Bettmann Archive<\/p>\n Her highness has been asking for the original Pooh to be allowed to take a vacation back home in Britain after decades behind glass at the NYPL\u2019s Bryant Park branch in Manhattan \u2014 even offering lodging in some of the royal family\u2019s castles, the Washington Post said last week.<\/a><\/p>\n Britain also wants to land the original stuffed versions of Pooh\u2019s Hundred Acre Wood pals \u2014 Eeyore, Piglet, Kanga and Tigger \u2014 that library has in its collection, too.<\/p>\n The country has been celebrating the famed book\u2019s birthday with anniversary editions, commemorative stamps, LEGO sets and a newly authorized sequel, \u201cA Little Boy and His Bear.\u201d<\/p>\n But its citizens are apparently upset that the original Pooh and his pals are missing their own party.<\/p>\n Queen Camilla has reportedly been asking that the New York Public Library to loan Britain the original stuffed Pooh, who she reads in front of here during an April visit to Manhattan. Chris Jackson\/Pool via REUTERS<\/p>\n Yet the pleas from across The Pond have fallen on deaf ears at the NYPL, which said Pooh and his friends are legal citizens of the US now.<\/p>\n \u201cThe New York Public Library has been the proud steward of Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends since 1987, when the dolls were donated to us by Dutton Children\u2019s Books,\u201d said Melissa Grace, the NYPL\u2019s director of communications, in a statement to The Post.<\/p>\n \u201cOn permanent display at our flagship location in Midtown Manhattan, Christopher Robin\u2019s childhood toys are a cornerstone of our renowned children\u2019s literature collection,\u201d she said, referring to the Pooh character, a boy, modeled after Milne\u2019s son.<\/p>\n The original Hundred Acre Woods crew has been living in the Big Apple since 1987. Lorenzo Ciniglio for NY Post<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re excited to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Winnie-the-Pooh<\/a>, and invite everyone to see them up-close in our Treasures exhibition\u2014always for free,\u201d Grace said.<\/p>\n Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal piled on about the grab for Pooh, daring the Brits to, \u201ccome and take it.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n