Royal Wedding Non-VIP Guests Are Selling Their Gift Bags

Community champions invited by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry into the grounds of Windsor Castle to see them marry are cashing in by selling their free commemorative gift bags on eBay for £1,000 or more.

The canvas bags inscribed with the couple's initials were given to the 1,200 non-VIPs invited to spend the day outside St George's Chapel on Saturday.


Along with a souvenir wedding order of service and welcome letter from Meghan and Harry, other freebies included a bottle of Windsor Castle water, a giant chocolate coin, a tin of shortbread and a voucher for 20 per cent off in the castle shop.


These guests arrived at 9am to see 600 VIPs including the Queen, Prince Philip and Prince Charles as well as the Clooneys, the Beckhams, Elton John and Oprah Winfrey turn up for the A-list wedding of the decade.


And as 120,000 well-wishers fought for space outside the castle these privileged 1,200 were able to get great views of the newlyweds as they kissed outside the chapel and paraded past in the royal Ascot Landau carriage.


But within hours of the event finishing dozens of their free hessian gift bags were being auctioned off to the highest bidder.


Many of the sellers had clearly planned to do it in advance because they photographed the items outside St George's Chapel to ensure they looked genuine on eBay. And fierce bidding saw offers for one bag reach as high as £1,020.
From Daily mail