Gifts fit for a Queen

What do you buy a woman who has everything?

A Buckingham Palace Jubilee exhibition gives an insight into what other rulers have given the Queen on countless overseas tours during her 50-year reign.

There will be 200 gifts on display from Monday until 29 September, taken from the 1,500 items presented to Elizabeth II since 1952.

Among the gifts not to make it are a dozen cans of tuna, some pineapples, 30 eggs and 7kg of prawns.

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Many of the items are usually in storage

In Saudi Arabia the Queen received a model of her gold state coach

A model palace and cowboy boots showing a map of Texas were other gifts

The Emir of Qatar presented this model of a desert oasis

Exchanging gifts between rulers is an ancient custom

The most striking gift is a 5ft grasshopper wine cooler