Trump will saddle royals with gift fit for a Queen
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A source said: “He doesn’t just want to give them something that will sit at the back of a cupboard or gather dust on a mantelpiece.
He wants to give them something he knows they will enjoy and use.”
The western-style saddle is used by riders on cattle ranches throughout the US, but these will be out of the ordinary.
“The plan is to engrave the President’s seal on one side of the saddle with the Queen’s seal on the other side as a symbol of the ongoing special relationship between the two countries,” the
source added.
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The President has spoken repeatedly of his admiration for the Queen and of his Scottish late mother’s love of the 90-year-old monarch.
He told Prime Minister Theresa May during their first meeting in Washington last week that he was a “big fan” of Her Majesty after accepting her invitation to visit Britain.
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