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Bidding on Princess Beatrice’s Hat Surpasses $26,000

Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/2011 Getty Images

As this post goes live, just 53 bids have brought the price on Princess Beatrice’s polarizing royal-wedding hat now up for auction on eBay to £16,100, or $26,135.13 (the money goes to charity). What can whoever wins the thing do with it? Assuming that person isn’t the sort that would be obligated to donate it to a museum or something. [eBay]

Bidding on Princess Beatrice’s Hat Surpasses $26,000