Jayne Dowle

How to master the art of Jubilee memorabilia

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The Duchess of Cornwall revealed a surprising hobby during a visit to a charity shop on Tuesday. After splashing out on a £1.50 mug celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee, Camilla confessed that she has a ‘whole collection’ of royal memorabilia at home. With the Platinum Jubilee just weeks away, there will be plenty more opportunities for the Duchess, and the rest of us, for that matter, to stock up on regally themed wares.

If the idea of celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in strident red, white and blue makes you feel distinctly queasy, there are ways to mark this momentous national occasion without turning your house and garden into Nigel Farage’s dream home.

It might be a step too far to invest in a personalised Union Jack mug proclaiming – [your name] was here for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – emblazoned also with a metaphor-mixing picture of the Houses of Parliament, from Next, £12,

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