Queen throws in the £8.95p tea towel over Jubilee souvenir... and now it's expected to be a best-seller

They were deemed too tacky for last year's Royal Wedding, and banned from the stocks of official memorabilia.

But now the Queen has given in to public demand and agreed that there will be an official tea towel to mark her Diamond Jubilee.

A 100 per cent cotton tea towel has been created to celebrate the occasion and souvenir fans will be able to snap one up for £8.95.

It will be one of the cheapest of the commemorative items and – after the uproar caused by the ban on a tea towel for Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton – is expected to be a bestseller.

Strict Royal protocol means that the tea towel cannot bear the Queen's image, so instead it features William IV's coat of arms.         Read More