He controls a £14.6 billion budget and is the most powerful Tory in the land after David Cameron.
But Boris Johnson’s status is rarely reflected in the gifts and hospitality he receives, according to the official City Hall register.
The Mayor has had VIP treatment from Barclays and hotel accommodation from the World Economic Forum during his trip to Davos in January but other items have been more mundane — and often bizarre — ranging from Moroccan robes and picnic blankets to a box of M&Ms.
Mr Johnson has this year received a shirt and a bottle of gin from bespoke tailors Thresher & Glenny as well as a set of silver euro 2012 coins and a football from the Ukraine government.
Last year his gifts included a £25 Harry Potter scarf, a cycle helmet cover, a “London picnic blanket” and a Moroccan robe. He also had dinner courtesy of the Eton Society, the college’s most prestigious club.
Ken Livingstone also received his fair share of strange gifts while Mayor. He was given a dancing Barbie doll and Doctor Who toys by John Lewis in 2007 and 21 tickets for the London Boat show by the British Marine Federation.
The Bangladesh High Commissioner presented him with a bottle of Hennessy cognac and he received a watch from the mayor of Berlin.
