It is a conundrum to challenge even the best of hosts. What do you give as a gift to a global football icon who has everything?
When your guest is Brazilian legend Pele, the only player to have three World Cup-winning medals, then some creative thinking is needed.
As a result the star, full name Edson Arantes do Nascimento, has been the recipient of an amazing cornucopia of strange and exotic items from around the world, first in his playing days, and then as a roving sporting and humanitarian ambassador.
They include everything from elaborate crowns and ceremonial daggers, model ships and jet fighters, to more prosaic clocks, dishes, and freedom-of-the-city keys from various municipalities.
