Wednesday, January 16, 2013

For the woman who has everything - tea towels, jigsaws and a baby llama?? Queen's Diamond Jubilee gifts revealed

Queen of hearts: Elizabeth II laughs as she is given flowers
Queen of hearts: Elizabeth II laughs as she is given flowers
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The Queen became the owner of a baby llama, adopted an elephant and was given 78 portraits of herself in 2012, Buckingham Palace revealed today.
A long list of gifts given to the monarch in her Diamond Jubilee year was unveiled, including a knitted tea cosy of her and her corgis, 19 tea towels and nine jigsaws from members of the public.
As well as a host of lavish presents given to the Queen from visiting dignitaries and heads of state there were also plenty of more unusual gifts including a pair of planters for her Balmoral gardens, a microsculpture of the Coronation Crown on a pin head, salt from the Salt Island owners in the British Virgin Islands, a black pear tree and a lego sculpture of Tower Bridge.
She also received two sets of a Bronze, Silver and Gold Olympic medals from London 2012 - one each for the Olympics and Paralympics.
And even her precious corgis were treated to a specially designed Jubilee-themed dog bed in the shape of a crown from company Tuffies Dog Beds.
Buckingham Palace also published lists of presents given to Prince Philip, Prince Andrew, Princess Anne and Prince Edward and wife Sophie.
Queen Elizabeth accepts flowers from members of the public after she attended a Service of Thanksgiving at Saint Macartin's Cathedral in Ennniskillen
Presents: The Queen is showered with gifts during a visit to Enniskillen

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 Philip's gifts included a salad bowl with servers in burr maple from the Worshipful Company of Turners, a large wooden sculpture of a head from The Ivory Coast President and a pair of Swarovski binoculars as a birthday gift from Swarovski.
And despite his unflattering comments about Aborigines in the past, he was also given a framed Aborigial artwork from organisation Surf Life Saving Australia.
Prince Edward and wife Sophie received gifts as wide-ranging as Hungarian sausages, a safety torch, a basket of herb spices and a CD on Good Manners and box of Wild Arctic Char.
Princess Anne's gifts included a book called Disease - The Extraordinary stories behind history's deadliest killers and a tartan dog coat.
Prince Andrew received a host of presents including a box of mangoes from the President of Pakistan, a silver plaque from the Libyan Prime Minister, a Sword and caviar from the President of Azerbaijan and a box of dates from the Ambassador for Tunisia.
Gifts given to Charles and Camilla, William, Kate and Harry are expected to be revealed later this week by Clarence House and St James's Palace.
A long list of gifts given to the monarch in her Diamond Jubilee year was unveiled, which also included a knitted tea cosy of her and her corgis






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