The Independent reports that the Kate Middleton jelly bean is expected to fetch £500. This piece of confectionery (that’s how you spell the word, Independent editors!) is supposed to resemble next week’s royal bride. And its owner Wesley Hosie,

a trainee accountant, said he plans to sell it for £500.

Well, I don’t think he will ever get past being a trainee if he lets this go for a mere £500. Souvenir sellers are expecting to rake in hundreds of millions of pounds, mostly from selling mass-produced rubbish. Surely someone with more money than sense will pay a small fortune for this unique jelly bean.

I think it’s the newspaper, not the owner, suggesting that the jelly bean is sold on eBay. That is probably where it will go for its proper value. But if the owner is prepared to part with it for £500, then I suggest someone with a bit of sense as well as money snaps up this bargain – and then sells it on eBay at a handsome profit.

Meanwhile the wedding I am looking forward to is not William and Kate’s.