What Every Woman Wants: Some Of Queen Elizabeth's Wedding Gifts Poem by Sheena Blackhall

Gifts from commoners, governors, countries, Royalty:
A Sevres porcelain dinner service
A box of Kentish apples,
A single bath sponge
500 tins of pineapple
131 pairs of nylons
No pink knitted Barbi-doll style loo roll cover?

Gold, pearls, crowns, tiaras
17 pairs of silk stockings
24 pairs of gloves
No gurgling fish style jug? No toilet scrubber?

A knitted cardigan,
Two pairs of bed socks
A tea cosy
A tea caddy
No relationship self-help book for new wed couples?

A set of 17th-century ‘apostle' spoons,
Silver gilt milk churns
A pair of 18th-century silver-gilt candelabra
A crocheted, cotton "shawl" wovenby Gandhi
No racy edition of the Kama Sutra?

A wooden writing desk
An ivory table, the gift of the Maharaja
Diamonds,sapphires, rubies, jade andplatinum
38 handbags
No plastic cookie cutters? No edible underwear?

A French snuff box.
A picnic case;
A pair of salt cellars.
A bookcase
And a mechanical singing bird