Traders planning to cash in on the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations have been left with duff merchandise after a printing error called it her Platinum Jubbly.
Thousands of commemorative plates, mugs, cups and saucers are worthless after the Only Fools and Horses style gaffe which would have made even Del Boy wince.
The mistake by a Chinese firm features a smiling portrait of Her Majesty, surrounded by the royal coat of arms and her date of accession - 1952 - to the present day to mark her 70 years on the throne.