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Queen Elizabeth arrives to the wedding of Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Kate may have her lace gown, Pippa her plunging neckline... but the newest royal style icon isn’t either of the Middletons. It’s the queen.

Her majesty, 85, has caused a surprising fashion frenzy with the sophisticated cream-colored leather handbag she carried to Prince William’s nuptials. The lucky supplier, Launer London, has reportedly seen a 60 percent increase in sales since the monarch flashed the status symbol at Westminster Abbey.

The distinguished and traditional purse line – popular with the over-50 royal crowd – is specifically excited to get noticed by a younger audience. Twenty percent of the sales increase has been attributed to the 35-50 demographic (buyers are asked to give their age when they buy online), according to the Daily Mail.

“It shows a real move towards more reserved and understated bags after the ‘it’ bag movement (and also, shows that it wasn’t just Kate that had an impact on fashion tastes),” the company said in a statement.

And it’s not just the queen’s bag that’s fashion-forward: Expect to see the color she wore head-to-toe – mellow yellow – in stores next season.

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Princess Beatrice to auction off royal wedding fascinator

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Wish you could own only the most ridiculous fashion item of the year?

That’s right, Princess Beatrice is auctioning off her gravity-defying Philip Treacy fascinator – an accessory so ridiculed that it boasts numerous Facebook pages, including such fan favorites as “Beatrice's Hat: What is it and what can it be used for?” and “The reindeer at Will & Kate's wedding - LOL JK, it was just Beatrice's hat.”

The exciting announcement was made by Beatrice's mother, Duchess Sarah Ferguson – who was not invited to the royal wedding (and was rather upset about it) – during a Wednesday appearance on “Oprah,” according to People magazine. "She's putting it up on eBay to auction it for UNICEF and for children in crisis," Fergie said.

While sporting the shocking chapeau may not have been the wisest maneuver (and let’s not even get into the raccoon-esque eye makeup), no one can argue with this move by risk-taking princess: charity.

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Fergie says royal wedding snub was 'difficult’

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It was "difficult" not to be invited to last month's royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Sarah Ferguson told Oprah Winfrey.

In an interview scheduled to air Wednesday on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," the Duchess of York says she instead went to Thailand. Ferguson says she wanted to be with her daughters, who attended the wedding with their father and Ferguson's former husband, Prince Andrew.

Ferguson also told Winfrey she believes Prince William's mother, the late Princess Diana, "would be so proud of her son."

Ferguson is to have a show on Winfrey's new cable station, OWN. Winfrey is ending her talk show this month after 25 years.

Last May, Ferguson talked to Winfrey about being caught on video offering access to Prince Andrew for $724,000.

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Little Acorn's new parents? The newly-dubbed Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Sorry, corgis: Prince William and Kate Middleton have picked another fuzzy companion.

The royal couple has adopted an endangered baby penguin named Acorn. The cute flapper was a wedding gift from England’s Chester Zoo (better than the London mayor’s gift of a tandem bike?), which asked fans on social networking sites to pick an appropriate species for the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The penguins – likely much to the dismay of the monkeys – received 20 percent of the votes. Giraffes came in second, African painted dogs in third, and black rhinoceroses nearly last.

“It’s a real honor to be able to boast Prince William and Kate as penguin adopters,” said a zoo spokesman. “And hopefully the happy couple will come and see little Acorn playing in his pool very soon.”

Alas, little Acorn will not be waddling around Buckingham Palace anytime soon. The cuddly creature will continue to live at the zoo with his fellow penguin commoners.

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Did you think she'd be ordering Jeeves around and polishing her tiara by now?

Kate Middleton proves again she's no diva by performing only the most plebian of tasks: grocery shopping. Now settled into being a homemaker, the newlywed wore simple skinny jeans and a loose shawl while pushing her cart at a local supermarket in Anglesey, North Wales.

Before you exclaim "aw, she's so normal," know that the new Duchess of Cambridge wore her 12-carat sapphire engagement ring and was, of course, accompanied by five royal protection officers. Although, per her mission to live a normal, suburban life, Kate did take time to chat with locals, check out the vegetable aisle and even load the bags into her Audi A3.

So what's on the royal menu? According to the U.K. Mirror, Kate was seen "hovering over a counter containing fresh pizzas."

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Kate plays happy homemaker as Will returns to work

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Better get ready, Beckhams: your favorite newlyweds are coming to visit.

Clarence House officials announced that Prince William and Kate Middleton will go to California from July 8-10 as part of their first foreign trip this summer, following their tour of Canada. According to the U.K. Telegraph, they are expected to be welcomed by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

It will be William's first official trip to the United States and (gasp!) Kate's first-ever visit to the country. Long overdue?

The couple will only have three days, so it's unlikely they'll see all the best of the sunshine state (Disneyland, Venice Beach, Tom Cruise’s mansion etc...), but we applaud them for venturing outside their general comfort zone. Remember when the pair performed a bit of royal duty in Anglesey, Wales, by pouring bubbly on… an inflatable lifeboat? Wait till they get to L.A. – they'll make it rain Pimm's Cups in a club with Snoop Dogg. (He is a fan, after all)

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The official royal wedding party portrait, in which little Eliza Lopes (far left) clutches her tiny worm toy that no one spotted, until now.

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The latest wedding photo reveal takes attention off Grace van Cutsem (left) and puts it on Eliza Lopes (right), thanks to proud grandma Camilla.

No one ever noticed the little bridesmaid clutching a toy worm in the left-hand corner of the official royal wedding party portrait. But that kid's grandma is making sure everyone does now.

"Did you see the wiggly worm?" asked proud nana Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, at a charity event Tuesday. "That was the funniest thing. I can't believe no one has spotted it."

Little Eliza's prized possession did go unnoticed -- until now.  The toy, which Camilla said was given to her by Prince Harry so that she'd stay calm throughout the "very big occasion," is a Magic Wigglee. You may remember the $4 fuzzy worm (get it here) from your own childhood: When you release your grip, it wiggles and wriggles (and, apparently, calms Duchesses' granddaughters. Magic indeed!).

According to Camilla, Eliza loved the worm so much that once Harry handed it to her in the carriage they were in together, the rosy-cheeked tot refused to let it go for the photographs. Sometimes, pomp and circumstance take a backseat to a three-year-old's whims.

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Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, walk together on the grounds on Buckingham Palace as they head off for a short weekend away a day after their wedding.

So much for an extended break. Just four days after the wedding watched around the world, Prince William and his new bride returned to their home in Anglesey, Wales, the location of the prince’s Royal Air Force base.

While Will has his work as a search and rescue pilot keeping him busy, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, will fill her time as a “forces wife,” or housewife, as reported in the British press on Tuesday.

“Kate will be spending time privately,” a Clarence House spokesman told the Windsor Knot, unwilling to reveal any more details.

Dubbed “The Disappearing Duchess” by the Daily Mail newspaper, Kate will reportedly appear at official engagements only on the arm of her new husband and will put off choosing her own patronages and making solo appearances for some time. Until recently, Kate was working at her family’s party supplies website, Party Pieces, but she left in January to plan her wedding.

Despite their desire to keep close to home the first few years of marriage, the couple’s world-wide popularity is an asset the royal family and the queen can’t ignore. The duke and duchess are expected to capitalize on all the goodwill next year and head out on a “world tour” or sorts to help ease the queen's workload during her diamond jubilee celebrations, according to the Sun newspaper.

Meanwhile, royals watchers are still taking bets as to the location of the happy couple’s honeymoon. The British press seems convinced that the pair will jet off in the next few weeks or so to an island destination in the Indian Ocean, but Will and Kate are notoriously good at keeping their private lives private so stay tuned.

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Kate's sister Pippa Middleton, arriving at the royal wedding, has become a celebrity in her own right.

Three days after the royal wedding it’s not the bride and groom that are on the minds of royal wedding watchers everywhere – it’s Pippa Middleton, Kate’s sister and maid of honor.

Philippa, or Pippa as she is known, has captured the attention and admiration of men and women from around the world after appearing at Westminster Abbey in a figure-hugging ivory dress. After Will and Kate – now the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – left Buckingham Palace for their weekend mini-moon, the British tabloids turned their attention to Kate’s younger sister, labeling her the world’s most eligible woman, and proclaiming “Pippa goes global.” One newspaper even had a how-to guide on getting a bum like Pippa’s.

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Pippa Middleton departs the Goring Hotel in London on Saturday after the wedding of her sister to Prince William.

Several Facebook groups admiring her, um, “assets,” sprouted up within hours of the wedding, including the “Pippa Middleton **s Appreciation Society” with nearly 140,000 likes, and the “Pippa Middleton is single - Prince Harry likes this” with more than 91,000 likes. In the days since the wedding, her name has also lit up Twitter, with boys admiring her derriere and girls expressing their hopes of looking like her.  

Pippa, who works at her family’s company Party Pieces as well as at the event planning firm Table Talk, has long been on the London social scene – in 2008, Tatler magazine named her the nation’s most eligible singleton and the papers have long chronicled her comings and goings on the party circuit.

But after her world-wide coming out party at the royal wedding, and as the sister to the Duchess of Cambridge, Pippa's star has risen to a new level. And with Kate now tucked securely away inside the royal palaces and unlikely to head out on any unannounced London shopping sprees, Pippa will probably keep her place at the top of the tabloids.

But sorry boys, it looks like Pippa may be off the market. She's in a relationship with banker and former cricket player Alex Loudon, and the couple is rumored to soon be announcing their engagement.