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You'd be forgiven for thinking that receiving a Tesco gift card would fail to excite a member of the vastly wealthy Royal Family.

But the Queen looked absolutely delighted with the £50 card she was awarded at the annual Royal Windsor Horse Show.

She won the gift card after her horse Barber's Shop won the Tattersalls & RoR Thoroughbred Ridden Show.

The event - which The Queen always attends - was called off yesterday after heavy rain flooded the car parks.

It is known to be one of the keen horse lover's favourite events and she does not attend in a official capacity.

(Image: Getty)

(Image: Getty)

The Queen is due to be the guest of honour at a pageant on Sunday night with husband Prince Philip, son Prince Charles and other royals.

The performance tells the story of The Queen’s life with horses and military bands.

The 90 minute show will feature 900 horses and more than 1,500 performers.

The Queen looked relaxed and happy today, despite news emerging that Chinese spy chiefs reportedly tried to get an agent into her carriage during a state visit.

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Police Commander Lucy D’Orsi, who was in charge of security for President Xi Jinping’s visit in October, was filmed saying: "Well they also wanted to come in your carriage with the interpreter."

The Queen replied: "Yes."

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The revelation emerged in the same footage the monarch was heard describing Chinese officials as “very rude”.

In October The Sunday Times reported that members of the diplomatic protection squad had unmasked the agent, who was posing as an official interpreter and tried to get into the royal carriage with the Queen and President Xi.

A source said: "The bodyguard, or spy, attempted to get in the carriage and was prevented when it was ascertained by our security officials that he was actually a security official rather than the official translator."

So what could she buy at Tesco for £50?

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- 111 Royal Mail Stamps Second Class. Or, as the Queen (probably) likes to call them, mini portraits.

- 66 cans of Baxters Favourite Royal Game Soup 400G at £1.10 each (or 4 for £3). By Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen Purveyors of Scottish Specialities W.A. Baxter & Sons, too.

- 50 packets of Tesco Royal Blue Tissue Gift Wrap (Five Sheets). That's Christmas sorted, your Highness.

- 10 copies of A Royal Night Out DVD. If anyone asks what she did to celebrate VE Day in 1945 she could just hand this over.