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Buckingham Palace has published lists of gifts received by the royal family between 2020 and 2023.
The official register, which was published on Friday, shows the royals have received some particularly expensive gifts over the last few years.
One of the standout presents — a Rolls-Royce car from the King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa — was gifted to King Charles III for his coronation in 2023.
The Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series II costs around $450,000, according to Autotrader, and it will reportedly be used for official occasions.
The luxury vehicle, along with all the other gifts, is not considered to be personal property and cannot be sold or exchanged. The royals also do not pay tax on official gifts.
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Other eye-catching gifts presented to Charles in 2023 included a leather folder from former President Joe Biden containing letters between the late Queen Elizabeth II and former President Dwight Eisenhower inviting him to the UK, a “Charles 3” soccer shirt signed by players from the French Ligue 1 team Paris Saint-Germain, and a ceremonial sword from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Elsewhere, the lists showed that in the final years before her death in 2022, the late Queen Elizabeth was gifted dog jackets from the Royal Australian Air Force, a Cedar of Lebanon tree from the late Pope Francis, and an engraved Tiffany sterling silver box from Biden. You can check out the full lists for 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 here.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle do not appear on the lists, having stepped back from their duties as working royals in 2020.
The publication of the lists comes after it was reported last year that the royals had failed to publish details of official gifts for the past four years.
Guidelines have been in place governing the royals’ acceptance and use of gifts since 1995.
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