Need 50 plates for a big occasion? (Picture: Wholesale Clearance UK)

Plenty of useless souvenirs have been produced to celebrate the birth of Prince George. From weird dolls to a CD of royal lullabies, if you’re a big fan of the third in line to the throne you can spend your hard-earned cash on just about anything.

But it seems one company was a little too keen to cash in on the occasion, ordering 5000 commemorative plates labelled ‘to celebrate the birth of the royal princess’ after receiving an ‘inside tip’, which turned out to be incorrect.

It’s a shame really, these would have been nice (Picture: Wholesale Clearance UK)

The company is now selling the plates for £149 per box of 50 and suggests several possible uses for the pieces of ‘inaccurate history’ including ‘waiting for baby number two and selling them for a profit’, ‘having a plate smashing contest’ and to ‘give to your colleagues as the worst secret Santa present ever’.

The plates will probably still work as a plates although we accept no responsibility for any embarrassment, shunning or charges of treason that result from using these plates at a dinner party/royal occasion.