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Festooned with bunting and guarded by a stained-glass sentry, the eccentric London home of retired charity worker Margaret Tyler is already bursting with souvenirs, but it is getting fuller by the day ahead of a busy summer for royal fans.
The "loyalist royalist" has been collecting souvenirs for four decades, amassing over 10,000 mugs, life-size cutouts, effigies, tapestries, books, posters, toilet seats, nodding corgis, tea-sets, and countless other nick-nacks in her London home.
But with Prince Harry's wedding to former US actress Meghan Markle and another baby for Prince William and his wife Kate on the horizon, Tyler is having to find more space for the glut of new merchandise, including plates, tea-towels and cups.
"I can't resist it," the 74-year-old told AFP.
The so-called "Heritage House" also doubles as a B&B for royal enthusiasts looking for a quirky place to stay, with some even mistaking it for a museum.
"A lady knocked on my door the other day and said 'what time do you open?'."
Tyler began collecting after giving birth to her four children.
"That's when I started collecting stuff and the room downstairs was called the 'Royal Room' and everything royal went in there," recalled Tyler, dressed in a Union Jack blazer.
"The children were not allowed in there, but they were not that interested really. Now all the children have left home, I've got more room. I've filled it up."
VIDEO: Festooned with bunting and guarded by a stained-glass sentry, the eccentric London home of retired charity worker Margaret Tyler is a shrine to British royalty https://t.co/HGQQR2oVZn pic.twitter.com/1Lewr5nLgIHer collection has become so vast that her children have banned her from using the Internet, with a whole new treasure trove available online.
- AFP news agency (@AFP) April 11, 2018
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