The desk was made at Chatham Dockyard from timbers salvaged from the Victorian ship HMS Resolute.
When Donald Trump returns to the White House as US president in January, he could find himself behind a desk made in Kent.It was made at Chatham Dockyard from the Timbers of HMS Resolute, a Victorian ship that played a key role in the history of polar explanation.
"They took it back to America where the American government gave it back to Queen Victoria as a gift. It was the start of the special relationship between the two countries because, for a long time, relationships had been fraught," he said. “Most famously it was used by President Kennedy, with a famous shot of his son peering out from underneath.
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