King Charles Receives £300,000 Rolls-Royce, Official Gifts from Bahrain

Buckingham Palace released the official gifts register from 2020 to 2023, highlighting the lavish presents received by King Charles and other senior royals during a period that included his Coronation. Among the most notable gifts to King Charles was a Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series II motor car worth at least £300,000, given by the King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa, designated for official use only. Other significant gifts included a feather crown and carved staffs from Amazonian Indigenous leaders, traditional coconut leaf hats from the president of the Marshall Islands, and a decorative clock from the Bahraini king. Former U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden gifted Charles a leather folder containing printed letters between Queen Elizabeth II and President Dwight Eisenhower, commemorating a historic visit. The register also detailed gifts to the late Queen Elizabeth II for her Platinum Jubilee, such as brooches from the Goldsmiths' Company and Freemasons, and unique items like lamp-post sculptures outside the Houses of Parliament. These official gifts become part of the Royal Collection, held in trust and not considered personal property of the royals.