Royal Wedding Swag: The Good, The Bad And The Just Plain Freaky

Posted by , on April 29, 2012 at 11:00 am
A British expatriate wearing a shirt with the pictures of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton arrives to watch a live broadcast of their royal wedding in the Gulf emirate of Dubai on April 29, 2011. 
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 31: Royal Wedding souvenirs are displayed for sale on March 31, 2011 in London, England. Prince William will marry Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey on Friday 29th April 2011. 
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 31: A tourist stands next to a carboard cut out photograph of Prince William and Kate Middleton outside a shop selling Royal Wedding souvenirs on March 31, 2011 in London, [...] 
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 31: A tourist stands next to a carboard cut out photograph of Prince William and Kate Middleton outside a shop selling Royal Wedding souvenirs on March 31, 2011 in London, England. Prince William will marry Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey on Friday 29th April 2011. 
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 31: Royal Wedding souvenirs are displayed for sale on March 31, 2011 in London, England. Prince William will marry Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey on Friday 29th April 2011. 
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 31: A tourist purchases some Royal Wedding souvenirs from a street stall on March 31, 2011 in London, England. Prince William will marry Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey on [...] 
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 31: A tourist purchases some Royal Wedding souvenirs from a street stall on March 31, 2011 in London, England. Prince William will marry Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey on Friday 29th April 2011. 
A young man wearing a jeans jacket with a picture of Prince William and Kate Middleton on his back walks along the Processional Route to Buckingham Palace following the wedding of Prince William to Kate [...] 
A young man wearing a jeans jacket with a picture of Prince William and Kate Middleton on his back walks along the Processional Route to Buckingham Palace following the wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton in London on April 29, 2011. 
Royal wedding souvenirs are pictured in Trafalgar Square in central London, on April 28, 2011. Britain's Prince William is to marry his fiancee Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London, on April 29, 2011. 
Commemorative royal wedding memorabilia is displayed at Caverswall China Company in Stoke-on-Trent, central England, on February 3, 2011. Thousands of collectable souvenirs are being produced at the [...] 
Commemorative royal wedding memorabilia is displayed at Caverswall China Company in Stoke-on-Trent, central England, on February 3, 2011. Thousands of collectable souvenirs are being produced at the ceramics factory to celebrate the marriage of Prince Willam and Catherine Middleton later this year. Prince William, the second in line to the throne, and Kate Middleton announced their engagement in November after a seven-year romance that began at university. The wedding, at Westminster Abbey on April 29 in London, is set to be Britain's biggest royal wedding since William's parents, Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, married in 1981. April 29 has been made a public holiday throughout the kingdom. 
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 28: Corogate Cafe personalise Kate and Wills memoabilia at Corogate Cafe on April 28, 2011 in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealanders across the country prepare to celebrate [...] 
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 28: Corogate Cafe personalise Kate and Wills memoabilia at Corogate Cafe on April 28, 2011 in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealanders across the country prepare to celebrate the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton which will take place on Friday evening local time. 
Limited edition of Love Hearts sweets to commemorate the royal wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton by traditional confectionery Swizzels Matlow are pictured at the factory in New [...] 
Limited edition of Love Hearts sweets to commemorate the royal wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton by traditional confectionery Swizzels Matlow are pictured at the factory in New Mills, Derbyshire, central England, on March 31, 2011. Founded in 1928, Swizzels Matlow is the UK's largest family-owned independent sugar confectionery business and one of the few confectionery companies to still manufacture sweets in the UK. Britain's Prince William, the second in line to the throne, and Kate Middleton announced their engagement in November 2010 after a seven-year romance that began at university. The wedding, at Westminster Abbey on April 29 in London, is set to be Britain's biggest royal wedding since William's parents, Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, married in 1981. April 29 has been made a public holiday throughout the kingdom. 
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Well folks, it’s been a whole year since Kate Middleton took a stroll down the aisle in a custom Alexander McQueen gown and tied the knot with Prince William. And boy has the time flown. Since then, we’ve worried that Kate was anorexic, wondered if she was pregnant and found out how many times she has to change when away on vacation with the royal family. Never a dull moment.

But despite the many, many, many rumors constantly surrounding Kate, Will and our beloved Pippa Middleton, one thing we’ll never forget is the amount of strange souvenirs that were sold all over England and beyond. Besides mugs and plates, we also spotted jean jackets, tank tops and flags. The royal wedding craze knows no bounds, so to commemorate one full year since the ultimate media frenzy, we’ve rounded-up several of the most noteworthy items of swag from that fateful day.

Click through the slideshow above to check out some Kate and Will souvenirs and let us know if we missed an item by dropping a line in the comments section below!

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  1. Richard Herrmann says:
    April 30, 2012 at 2:09 am

    But despite the many, many, many rumors constantly surrounding Kate,

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