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Diamond Jubilee Souvenirs Sweep Britain

by Melanie Chamberlain

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Just a year after the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Great Britain is getting ready for another bout of royal fever. This time courtesy of the Queen herself. Retailers have gone into royal overdrive hawking souvenirs and kitsch for the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s sixty-year reign.

Designer Lydia Leith– who won fame across Britain with her tongue-in-cheek royal wedding barf bags — is back with jelly molds that create large, wobbling replicas of the queen’s head.

“They’ve been very popular, though lot of people are quite shocked by it,” she said. “They see it and wonder: is it OK to eat the queen?”

The makers of the breakfast spread Marmite seem to think it is okay to eat the queen. It has temporarily renamed itself Ma’amite.

Enterprising websites are selling jubilee g-strings and t-shirts for dogs–unsurprisingly both are unofficial jubilee memorabilia.

About the Author

Melanie Chamberlain is a coffee addict, cheap wine connoisseur and a semi-professional "real life" avoider. She blogs about her (mis)adventures traipsing around the world at girlwithgumption.com and overshares via twitter @grlwithgumption.