Gift list
The insect king: these bizarre things were given Charles in the coronation year
King Charles received gifts from all over the world in his crowning glory. The British royal family has now published a list that says a lot about the monarch.
The gift line-up for King Charles in his coronation year includes diplomatic gifts and also cultural gestures from all over the world. But one or the other donation is really bizarre. The most generous gift is a Rolls-Royce Cullinan of the second series-a gift from the Bahrainian king Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa. The vehicle, the market value of which is over £ 300,000, is only intended for protocol purposes. Private use is excluded.
However, most gifts reflect King Charles’ passion: nature and animals. Environmental protection is important to the king all his life, many of the gifts were considered. From Germany’s Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the king was given an insect hotel and a cuckoo clock, but also things like a rose tree or a framed picture of King Charles’ first visit to Germany.
From the Amazon area, the king of indigenous representatives received a feather crown and from the traditional London house Smythson of Bond Street a tea service to consume its typical English afternoon tea in a stylish and royal manner.
King Charles got honey from the garden of the White House
A symbolic present also came from the United States: US President Joe Biden had a leather folder handed over, which contains historical letters between Queen Elizabeth II and Dwight D. Eisenhower. The gift was supplemented by a photo of the two. Particularly delicious: the USA also gave honey from the garden of the White House. The gift from the Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese Farm, which gave the monarch cheese and homemade butter in a cool box, is also tasty.
Camilla and Charles are elephant care parents
However, an absolute highlight gift comes from the organization Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage from Kenya, which gave the king an elephant sponsorship, more precisely a certificate for the ‘Baby Elephant Program: foster parents of Mzinga’.
But the king cannot really hit the plaster with all the gifts he received in 2023. Grants of this kind are not considered a personal possession, but as part of the Royal Collection. This is managed in trust and serves to maintain the cultural heritage. Only perishable gifts with a value of less than £ 150 may be donated or passed on internally.
Due to pandemeine -related delays, the death of Elizabeth II and the coronation of Charles’ this is the first official overview in several years. The Buckingham Palace usually publishes such a list annually.
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Source: Stern
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