19 May,2011 07:44 AM IST | | Agencies
Popular Australian children's entertainers The Wiggles have entered the bidding race for the flamboyant hat worn by Princess Beatrice at the royal wedding.
The colourful quartet want to bring the headwear Down Under, and joked that they may give it to cricketer Ricky Ponting to wear when he next bats against England.
Princess Beatrice is auctioning her much criticised hat, to raise money for Children in Crisis and Unicef.
"We wear some pretty crazy costumes on stage but this hat beats them all," blue Wiggle Anthony Field was quoted as saying yesterday.
The princess has put the Philip Treacy creation on online auction site eBay, with bidding currently at ufffd18,400 (Rs 13.35 lakh).
Proceeds of the sale will be split between two charities: the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, and British charity Children in Crisis.
The Wiggles are UNICEF Australia ambassadors.
Observers compared the creation to a toilet seat and a giant pretzel, and it has inspired its own Facebook page, "Princess Beatrice's ridiculous royal wedding hat".
