{"id":380046,"date":"2026-10-22T20:38:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/380046\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T20:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:38:55","slug":"manhattan-borough-president-wont-send-pooh-and-friends-to-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/380046\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan borough president won’t send Pooh and friends to UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States is once again at war with Great Britain \u2014 this time over a 105-year-old Winnie-the-Pooh teddy bear.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWinnie-the-Pooh belongs to New Yorkers<\/a> and won\u2019t be leaving anytime soon,\u201d Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The feud was apparently sparked when Queen Camilla requested that the stuffed animal, which is currently housed at the New York Public Library, take a trip across the pond to attend festivities being held to celebrate the beloved children\u2019s book\u2019s centennial anniversary. The toy originally belonged to Christopher Robin Milne, son of English author A.A. Milne, who used their connection as inspiration when writing \u201cWinnie-the-Pooh,\u201d which was first published in October 1926.<\/p>\n

\"QueenQueen Camilla reads Winnie-the-Pooh to children during a literary engagement at New York Public Library on day three of the State Visit of King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the United States of America, on April 29, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Chris Jackson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

According to the Washington Post, the Queen said they would provide Winnie lodgings<\/a> at the royal family\u2019s castles, an offer also extended to his pals, Eeyore, Piglet, Kanga and Tigger. But New Yorkers are none too keen to send the bear to Britain, where they have been celebrating the book\u2019s birthday with commemorative stamps and a newly approved sequel.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe WInnie-the-Pooh story characters are displayed at the main branch of the New York Public Library, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. (AP Photo\/Richard Drew)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UK Government, through Queen Camilla herself, has requested the return of the original Winnie-the-Pooh stuffed animal, along with his friends Eeyore, Piglet, Kanga, and Tigger to Great Britain,\u201d Hoylman-Sigal said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe New York Public Library was gifted these original dolls in 1987 for permanent exhibition, where they have been looked after with exceptional love and conservation,\u201d he continued. \u201cOver one million tourists and tens of thousands of New York City schoolchildren visit Winnie-the-Pooh every single year, where they are inspired to read by their presence.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ManhattanManhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal is pictured on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, in New York City. (Theodore Parisienne \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Hoylman-Sigal also shared a post online featuring a photo of the stuffed animal, taunting the Brits to \u201ccome and take it.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The New York Public Library has also been celebrating Winnie\u2019s milestone anniversary<\/a> in recent weeks. It has put up a \u201cSilly Old Bear\u201d display, which \u201coffers a unique glimpse into the history\u201d of the beloved character, and even hosted a birthday party for him this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United States is once again at war with Great Britain \u2014 this time over a 105-year-old Winnie-the-Pooh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[85,75,84,83,9,24,63,2632],"class_list":["post-380046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-latest-headlines","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-snyde"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}