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Pub to fine customers mentioning royal wedding this weekend
Not only have I not heard any mention of the royal wedding in any pub I have visited, but I have visited the Alex in Derby a few times. It's a pub for train spotters, complete with an old locomotive in the back yard! Still, it's a nice publicity stunt for them.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news/pub-fine-meghan-markle-royal-14671017?utm_source=google_news&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=google_news&utm_content=sitemap
A pub has banned any mention of the royal wedding on Saturday - with a "swear" box installed for anyone who talks about the ceremony.
The Alexandra Hotel in Derby reintroduced the idea after fines raised £400 during Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding in 2011.
Landlady Anna Dyson-Edge said regulars were "sick of hearing" about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding so she decided to put posters up around the pub of the couple with a red cross through it.
The posters read: "Royal Wedding Free Zone! Please refrain from discussing the Royal Wedding. We're not interested in it, let's talk about beer or the weather instead - or something more interesting..."
The Alexandra Hotel in Derby reintroduced the idea after fines raised £400 during Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding in 2011.
Landlady Anna Dyson-Edge said regulars were "sick of hearing" about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding so she decided to put posters up around the pub of the couple with a red cross through it.
The posters read: "Royal Wedding Free Zone! Please refrain from discussing the Royal Wedding. We're not interested in it, let's talk about beer or the weather instead - or something more interesting..."