Royal Wedding Mug Mixup: Idiotic Error Or Savvy Prank

This royal wedding souvenir mug from Guandong Enterprises Ltd. could be either of two things. It could be a Chinese company hoping to capitalize on global royal wedding mania and sell a few overpriced, unauthorized souvenir mugs without doing enough research beforehand. Or it could be something even more interesting: a cynical prank mocking outsourced manufacturing, cultural ignorance, and the globalized economy.

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Either way, that’s the wrong prince, and it’s pretty funny.

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Regretsy has created a blank version of this mug for your Photoshopping amusement. Here is my contribution:

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The Fairytale Romantic Union Of All The Centuries [Official Site]
When Harry Met Katie [Regretsy]
‘Botched’ royal wedding mug most likely scam Nine MSN

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