"My Hermione says that Queen Victoria herself gave that desk to the President in...." He frowned, racking his brain for the factoid Hermione had no doubt drilled into him until her lover could recite it in his sleep. "....1880! Some bloke named Hayes got it. There's a twin just like that one in Buckingham Palace. It was made from the timbers of a British ship!" He wiggled in his seat with almost boyish excitement, then lifted his Muggle camera Hermione had given him as a present last Christmas.