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Queen given tablemats during historic Cabinet meeting visit

QUESTION – what do you give the woman who has everything?

The Queen at Downing Street yesterday. Pictures: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
The Queen at Downing Street yesterday. Pictures: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Answer – 60 bespoke table-mats and a chunk of Antarctica.

Cabinet ministers were on their best behaviour when the Queen popped in to "observe" their weekly proceedings for 25 minutes – about a third of the usual meeting – as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

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