Buckingham Palace reveal weird and wacky gifts The Queen received in 2016 from an ostrich egg to post-it notes
The Queen was inundated with even more gifts than usual due to the year marking her 90th birthday
WHAT on oeuf do you give the woman who has everything? A painted ostrich egg, of course.
The list of gifts the Queen received during her 90th birthday year has been revealed by Buckingham Palace — and it also includes purple salt, a Post-it Note holder and two stags.
She was also sent a wooden salad bowl, a model sports car, a pair of drum sticks and a travel rug in 2016.
Her Maj was inundated with even more gifts than usual in 2016 due to the year marking her 90th birthday.
A number of trees were gifted to her including a Maple from the St George Society in Toronto.
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And the former Indonesian cabinet secretary sent a picture of Her Maj and Prince Philip standing in a Balinese rice paddy field.
She also received a jar of manuka honey, 'Bertie' the mohair teddy bear and some Korean cosmetics.
Her passion for animals was also indulged. She received a horse called Sir John from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the Royal Cavalry of Oman gave a large bronze of a carriage and 40 horses.
The Jockey Club gave a brooch with a representation of the Epsom landscape and its race course, where her racing colours have often been seen, though the richest race, the Derby, continues to elude her.
Other members of the royal family received equally unusual gifts throughout the year.
Prince Charles was presented with a model of Mother Teresa and a make-your-own doll while visiting the Balkans.
The palace also released details of gifts given to royals on their tours overseas.
In last year's tour to Canada, Prince George got a rain coat, wellies and umbrella while Princess Charlotte was given a toy hockey stick and an aviation jacket.
Kate Middleton was given clothes, shoes, jewellery, toiletires, a First Nations Robe and a pair of paddles.
On his Caribbean tour, Prince Harry received several bottles of ruma and many books, while in Guyana he received a beaded necklace and a feathered headdress from the Surama community
The gifts can never be sold and become part of the Royal Collection.
