THE gift Boris Johnson’s cabinet gave to the Queen for her Platinum Jubilee has been revealed.
The specially-commissioned copper music box features a painting of Downing Street on the top, with hand-painted portraits of every Prime Minister who has served under the Queen around the sides, including David Cameron, Theresa May, and Boris Johnson.
Once opened the box’s mechanism plays Handel’s ‘Hallelujah’.
The box was made by artisan gift-maker Halcyon Days in London, which manufactures a variety of royalist memorabilia.
Their special Platinum Jubilee Royal Residences Music Box is listed on their website as costing £1950.
However, the cabinet’s gift was a bespoke creation and is not available to buy.
The names of all the cabinet members are also inscribed on the inside of the box’s lid.
A spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s office said: “The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee marks a symbolic moment in our nation’s history, and this bespoke musical box gifted by members of the Cabinet serves to commemorate the celebrations that will remain etched in our memories.”
For the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977 she received a silver teapot from Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan’s government.
For her Golden Jubilee in 2002 she received a silver gilt plate.
In 2012 David Cameron’s government - at a cabinet meeting which the Queen herself attended - gifted the monarch 60 placemats, one for each year of her reign.
That year the Foreign Office also revealed that a British-owned portion of Antartica would be re-named 'Queen Elizabeth Land'.
Britain was in recession at the time but that same year the Queen’s allowance increased from £30 million to £36 million.
Had Boris Johnson lost the confidence vote in Parliament last week, the Queen would have been on track to break the record for serving alongside the most Prime Ministers.
She is currently tied with George III at 14.
