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Peter Mandelson went tonto over a chaotic diplomatic gift-giving fiasco: Trump wanted a custom red box with his name on it for a state visit, sparking a bureaucratic nightmare at Downing Street. Emails reveal frantic scrambling, departmental delays, and even a last-minute hunt for alternative suppliers — all while officials worried about optics and whether the UK was endorsing Trump personally. Mandelson compared the mess to “The Thick of It,” proving that even royal gifts can turn into farce.

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