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» Friday, April 21, 2006

Queen’s Birthday Gift

The Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman (PMOS) confirmed to journalists that the Queen had received her gift from the Cabinet. Asked what the present was, the PMOS said it was a tea set from Spode, Britain oldest pottery company based in Staffordshire. It was a Staffordshire flowers style tea set, something that the Palace had indicated that the Queen would specifically like. Asked if it was correct that the Cabinet had put in £30 each, the PMOS said that he had been brought up to believe that it was very rude to leave a price tag on presents. Asked who had presented it to the Queen, the PMOS said that it had been conveyed in the normal way. The Cabinet had wanted to give the Queen something that she would value and the Palace had indicated that this was something she would want and like.

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