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Dominion Post on 23/05/2011:
Princess Beatrice's hat sells for $165,000
THAT HAT: Princess Beatrice arrives for the royal wedding. (image source REUTERS)
Auction site eBay says a bidder has paid 81,100 pounds (NZ$165,000)
for the silk bow hat worn by Princess Beatrice to last month's royal
wedding.
The 22-year-old granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II put
the Philip Treacy creation on sale to raise money for UNICEF and
Children in Crisis.
The silk hat caused a stir at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29.
Since then, it has been compared to antlers and a pretzel, and has been
photoshopped into scores of unlikely scenarios on the Internet. Forty
bidders vied for the prize, but eBay did not reveal the identity of the
winner.
The auction ended this morning (NZ time).