Tipmake it something equine-related.
Given her well-known love of horses, it’s perhaps fitting — some might say unimaginative — that the majority of gifts presented to Queen Elizabeth II from world leaders last year revolved her favorite four-legged animals.
Dog lovers look away now — Her Majesty’s iconic pet corgis didn’t even get a look in.
Included in the 2014 list of gifts was a mounted sculpture of a white horse from France’s President Francois Hollande; a bronze sculpture of a horse’s head from the Emir of Qatar; and another bronze statuette of the famous Irish thoroughbred, Arkle from the President of Ireland, Michael Higgins, along with a book of the same name.
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At that price, it’s a gift fit for a Queen.
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