Buckingham Palace releases list of official gifts,also including Tim Peake’s union flag badgeDuring her long reign the Queen has received all manner of official gifts so it requires imagination to near up with something she might particularly appreciate.
The German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, or no doubt having appraised himself of the Windsor family’s tradition of inexpensive and jokey Christmas gift-giving,seems to have entered into the spirit by presenting the British monarch with two sets of glitter balls for her festive tree at Sandringham House in Norfolk.
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Source: theguardian.com