The Queen has started selling her own homemade gin to fill the coffers laid bare from the coronavirus crisis.
The £40 official Buckingham Palace gin, infused with citrus and herbal notes, is made from ingredients handpicked from the garden at Buckingham Palace.
The Royal Collection Trust launched the tipple after suffering losses of £30million over the next year because of the closure of its sites due to Covid-19.
Punters are predicted to rush out to buy the premium small-batch London dry gin, which will be sold in its shops and served at future official events at the Palace.
The 42% ABV The booze is derived from 12 botanicals, including lemon verbena, hawthorn berries, bay leaves and mulberry leaves.
The Queen Mother was famously a fan of a gin cocktail, with her favourite being a gin and Dubonnet - one part gin and two parts Dubonnet, with ice cubes and a slice of lemon - which she is said to enjoy immediately before lunch.
The Royal Collection Trust's website offers up its ideal serving suggestion, saying: "For the perfect summer thirst-quencher, the recommended serving method is to pour a measure of the gin into an ice-filled short tumbler before topping up with tonic and garnishing with a slice of lemon."
The clear and turquoise glass bottle features a coronet and a ring of flowers entwined in an elaborate gold decorative circle, and has a gold-coloured stopper.
On the back is a sketch of Buckingham Palace.
All profits from sales of the gin go to the Royal Collection Trust, a charity which maintains and displays the large collection of royal artefacts from artwork to furniture held in trust by the Queen for her heirs and the nation.
It is hoped sales of the gin will boost the trust as it faces financial difficulties amid the "greatest challenge" in its history.
The gin is on sale at the Royal Collection Trust website or in its shops.
