Rushing for Royal Profits

For collectors of royalabilia, and those who manufacture it, the July 29 wedding is already proving a bonanza. With ingenuity that belies current economic trends, British manufacturers have made it possible to dine on royal wedding place mats, sew with commemorative thimbles and dry royal couple plates with royal couple tea towels, a steal at $3.30. Smokers can light up with Charles and Diana lighters and extinguish butts in C & D ash trays. Tea drinkers can sip from a C & D mug, pour cream from a C & D jug, add sugar with a keepsake teaspoon. Di fans can...

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