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• Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee is celebrated this year, and the souvenir producers are hard at work creating tchotchkes to commemorate it -- but apparently not hard enough at work to proofread their copy.
People magazine reported that because of a translating error, Karl Baxter, CEO of Wholesale Clearance U.K., is trying to sell more than 10,000 pieces that trumpet the queen's "platinum jubbly" -- mugs, tea sets and plates featuring an illustration of Elizabeth and her coat of arms.
Baxter hopes to salvage $44,000 from the lot and says the buyer could make a "potential profit" of $400,000.
The website suggests using the items for a plate-smashing contest or a "dangerous game of Frisbee." [People, 2/1/2022]