BBQ and table tennis kit among Cameron and Obama gifts

The Obamas have chosen to give the Camerons a customised barbecue as a gift to commemorate their US visit.

The "one-of-a-kind" grill is a reminder of their time flipping burgers together in the 10 Downing Street garden during the Obamas' London visit in May 2011.

In return, David and Samantha Cameron will give the president and his family a customised Dunlop table tennis table.

It's a nod to the match the two men played against school children in south London during the same 2011 trip.

The exchange of gifts is a traditional part of state visits.

At a lunch hosted in his honour on Wednesday, Mr Cameron joked that he and Mr Obama might have chosen the wrong ones.

"I gave him a table tennis table and he gave me a barbecue, but when you see us standing next to each other, it's quite clear that the person who needs the exercise is the British prime minister and the person who needs the barbecue is the president," he told guests.

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