The late Queen, who would have been 98 tomorrow, possessed an astonishing depth and variety of pieces gathered over the years through purchases, gifts and inheritance.
In the Autumn of 1942, in the middle of the war, a black metal trunk initialled with the letters MHG arrived at Buckingham Palace. Nothing much to look at, it was addressed to Queen Elizabeth.
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