The Royal Wedding 2018 of Harry and Meghan was a huge hit, garnering praise for its diverse ceremony featuring gospel music and a passionate speech by a US bishop
Some attendees were given gift bags to remember the big day, although a few later ended up on , fetching as much as £1,000 in one seller's case
Contents of the bag included the order of service, likely to be a coveted piece of Royal Wedding memorabilia in the future considering the small number printed
Guests were also treated to a commemorative chocolate coin, a wedding fridge magnet, a map of Windsor Castle with directions, a water bottle, guest badge, discount card for Windsor Castle souvenir shop, plus some shortbread
How many goodie bags were there? Who got one?The gift bags were given to the 2,640 Royal Wedding 'golden ticket' attendees who were invited to watch Harry and Meghan's nuptials in the grounds of Windsor Castle
They were invited in March by the couple who, Kensington Palace said in March, "want their wedding day to be shaped so as to allow members of the public to feel part of the celebrations too"
The 600 guests invited to the ceremony inside the chapel were not given goodie bags
They included members of the Royal Family and the service's many A-list celebrity guests
Oprah Winfrey, George and Amal Clooney, the Beckhams, and many of the Suits cast were among those inside the chapel
Why did people sell their gift bags online?Despite the generosity shown by Harry and Meghan in offering the golden ticket guests a gift bag, some people were happy to cash in by selling theirs
One seller who had received a bid of £458, described it as a "piece of history and Royal Wedding memorabilia given to celebrate a very special day"
And the seller of another bag, which reached £1,020,00, wrote they had received "this Wonderful gift bag for guests
"But it seems that the seller was not profiting from the sale.The post added: "I forgot to mention all money raised will go to charity
"A Swindon charity also put its wedding gift bag up for auction.Becky Davidson, co-founder of the Christian Cheney Manor homelessness project, told the Swindon Advertiser: "Part of what we do at Swindon Night Shelter is sharing God's love and provision
"A few people have said to us these things are selling on Ebay."I thought it was going to sit on the side, where in fact we could turn it into money that could really bless the people home here
"The Chartered Trading Standards Institute said that such transactions are private sales between consumers, and as such are not covered by trading standards
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