Queen Elizabeth II’s very rare gift given to Palace staff shortly before she died is set to fetch an eye-watering sum at action, of up to £5,000.

The late Queen gifted her staff a limited edition watch to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee to celebrate her 70-year reign in 2022.

The luxury Bremont Supermarine S300 timepiece boasts the royal coat of arms on its face and the cypher of Queen Elizabeth II on the reverse. It was part of a special commission made by the Royal Mews – the Palace stables – for a select group of staff.

The footnote says: “The limited production run of 50 pieces were only available to those working for The Royal Household.”

The watch is being sold by an anonymous seller via Mayfair-based auctioneers, Noonans, and is thought it will fetch an estimate of between £3,000 and £5,000. It will go on sale today (June 11) at midday and is unclear if the seller is still a member of Palace staff.

Queen Elizabeth during Platinum Jubilee celebrations (Image: Getty)

The watch is thought to be sold for between £3,000 – £5,000 (Image: Noonans.co.uk)

Bremont Supermarine S300 watch (Image: Noonans.co.uk)

Historian Christopher Wilson told MailOnline that the watch is “highly desirable”. He said: “This is a highly desirable object which royal collectors will rush to snap up, and I anticipate it selling far in excess of its estimate.”

He added: “That this personal gift was created so recently does raise questions as to why it’s being sold off now. Was the recipient too embarrassed to wear it?

“It’s rare for a personal memento of this kind to be quite so blatant, with the royal standard so garishly displayed and the Queen’s cypher so prominent.”

The watch is made from stainless steel and features a rubber strap and the buyer will also receive a leather pouch and a warranty card. It is noted to have “minor scuffs” but is in “very good condition”.

The late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee took place in 2022, marking Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne. In the run-up to the royal milestone, the then Prince Charles represented the monarch at a string of recent events amid concerns about her health.

Queen Elizabeth II celebrating her Platinum Jubilee year (Image: Getty)

In a Jubilee message, the late Queen thanked the public for organising events and said “many happy memories” would be made as millions geared up for street parties to mark the monarch’s 70 years on the throne over the four-day bank holiday weekend.

However, just a few months later, the world was saddened to hear of the death of the late Queen, who held the title as the longest-reigning British monarch, on September 8. She died at the age of 96 at her much-beloved home of Balmoral, which is located in Scotland.

According to royal expert and friend of the Royal Family Gyles Brandreth, he recalls her desire to “look back” in her final months and wonders if she perhaps knew her 96th birthday would be the last.

He said in his book ‘Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait’: “Towards the end of her life, the Queen did not mind looking back. She took time to look back in a personal way earlier this year (2022), sitting looking at reels of old ‘home movies’ that she and her parents had shot over the years.”