Whatever you do, don't buy the Queen flowers!
Records released by Buckingham Palace showed our monarch received 72 official presents in 2019, including a pop-up book from Chinese President Xi Jinping, and a 24-carat gold-plated horse comb.Biographer Ian Lloyd, author of The Queen: 70 Chapters in the Life of Elizabeth II says what the Queen wants most is practical items. And there’s only one member of staff who has the intel: the royal dressmaker.
One Christmas, Kate Middleton went the extra mile to make the Queen her family recipe marrow chutney - it went down a treat. The next day, Kate noticed the chutney was on the dinner table. Plus, discover the history and hauntings of the residences and how you can holiday on the royal estate.In a documentary made in honour of the Queen’s 90th birthday, Kate recalled: “I thought, ‘I’ll make her something’, which could’ve gone horribly wrong.
“Margaret knew exactly what shade her sister would wear,” says Ian. “They’d go out and buy those little treats that no one else would consider buying.”
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