The BBC went inside China's ceramic factories to see how they're handling the royal souvenir orders. UK retailers asked one workshop for 100,000 plates and it can only produce half that number.
In an amusing, but telling moment, one of the women affixing Prince William and Kate Middleton's image to a plate remarks, "I heard its for the wedding of a prince and princess. I'm not sure which country they're from."
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