Two horses fit for a queen, please. That\u0027s what Queen Elizabeth II had asked for as a gift during her state visit to Germany in 1978.
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Nevertheless, Germany’s then-President Walter Scheel approved the gift in the interests of good bilateral relations,The magazine reported that the papers also noted the late monarch’s aperitif preferences – gin and tonic – and dislike of helicopters. Records showed that the British embassy had concerns about possible protests if Elizabeth visited Dresden during her trip in 1992. In the end she did attend a church service and was largely welcomed by locals in the city that was flattened by Allied bombing raids during the war,
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