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Photo Gallery Wacky Souvenirs Mark Britain's Royal Wedding

The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is a mega-event that will be watched by an estimated two billion visitors around the globe. Entrepreneurs havve come up with some compelling souvenirs to mark the occasion.
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Union Jack flags hanging in London's Regent Street to mark the royal wedding. It will be a great national occasion, and the world will be watching. But many Britons are uninterested in the event and are getting tired of the hype.

Foto: Dan Kitwood/ Getty Images
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A copy of an illustration from a book entitled "Knit Your Own Royal Wedding" is seen in this undated photograph received in London on March 28, 2011. The book, by Fiona Goble, gives instructions on how to knit figures that look like Britain's Prince William, Kate Middleton and other members of the royal family, as well as the Archbishop of Canterbury. The book contains a fold-out balcony on which to display the figures.

Foto: REUTERS/ The Ivy Press
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A British pizza restaurant chain has designed a pizza displaying the royal couple.

Foto: AFP/ Papa John´s Pizza
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The spitting image of William and Kate as shown in "Knit your Own Royal Wedding."

Foto: REUTERS/ The Ivy Press
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Queen Elizabeth II is clearly looking forward to the occasion.

Foto: REUTERS/ The Ivy Press
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There are even instructions for knitting your own Archbishop of Canterbury (2nd row, 3rd from the left), who will be marrying the couple on April 19.

Foto: REUTERS/ The Ivy Press
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You can even get Kate and Wills teabags.

Foto: SUZANNE PLUNKETT/ REUTERS
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A Lego model depicting the royal capital. shame about the lack of facial expressions.

Foto: Dan Kitwood/ Getty Images
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"Kiss me Kate" beer, specially brewed for the wedding by the Castle Rock Brewery in Nottingham.

Foto: PAUL ELLIS/ AFP
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Souvenir cufflinks are also available.

Foto: Carl Court/ AFP
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Foreign companies are getting in on the act: PEZ, the Austrian maker of confectionery and candy dispensers, has designed this commemorative set.

Foto: HERWIG PRAMMER/ Reuters
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This "Princess Catherine" doll is fashioned to resemble Kate Middleton.

Foto: AP/ Arklu
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