Peter Mandelson ‘went tonto’ as he raged at Downing Street‘s chaotic efforts to secure a ministerial ‘red box’ for Donald Trump, newly published emails have shown.
The release of the latest tranche of government files related to Mandelson’s spell as US ambassador has revealed No10’s frantic scramble to arrange the gift.
Mr Trump is said to have wanted a ‘red dispatch box with the gold crest and lettering’ to mimic the official boxes carried by UK ministers, according to the emails.
Ahead of the US President’s state visit to Britain in September last year, Whitehall officials were shown to have devoted considerable efforts
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