{"id":615096,"date":"2025-12-06T03:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T03:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/615096\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T03:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T03:17:13","slug":"a-buckingham-palace-gift-shop-tour-reveals-the-royal-family-is-making-bank-on-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/615096\/","title":{"rendered":"A Buckingham Palace Gift Shop Tour Reveals the Royal Family is Making Bank on Tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"

For centuries in Britain, legitimate businesses, alongside sundry opportunists and hucksters, have been producing royal-themed souvenirs, keepsakes, and assorted jolly junk for monarchy fans and tourists alike.<\/p>\n

The Museum of London has a Charles II commemorative mug made in 1660 to celebrate the restoration of the monarchy after a short-lived English republic. The mug, described explicitly by the museum as a \u201ccoronation souvenir,\u201d features a crude half-length portrait of the new king, smiling if slightly cross-eyed and wonky.<\/p>\n

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