An Article from The Metro

Future Queen Seen In Bean

After toilet seats, teabags and baby bibs, Kate Middleton probably thought she had seen her face just about everywhere.

But in a sign that royal wedding hysteria may have reached fever pitch, the future Queen’s visage has now appeared on- a jelly bean.

Two weeks before Kate walks down the aisle to marry Prince William, trainee accountant Wesley Hosie, of Taunton, Somerset, is convinced he can see the bride-to-be staring back at him from the yellow sweet. Mr Hosie, 25, ‘spotted’ the 29-year-old while he tucked into a 700g jar from The Jelly Bean Factory with his girlfriend Jessica White, 24.

Kate’s facial features, long hair and even smile are visible in the yellow sweet’s blotches. Apparently.

“As Jessica opened the jar, I saw her immediately,” said Mr Hosie. “She was literally staring back at me.”

Richard Cullen, joint manager of The Jelly Bean Factory in Dublin, said: “This sounds truly incredible, I would have to see the bean myself to believe it.

"All of our beans are handmade and this looks like one of our red speckled mango beans, the natural speckles are unique to each and every jelly bean due to the handmade process.’

The couple now plan to sell the “lucky” bean on eBay and hope to pocket as much as £500. Mr Hosie said: “Given that the royal wedding is only a few weeks away, we hope to make a few pounds out of it by selling it on the internet to a collector.”

You might think even the keenest royal enthusiast would be wary of parting with hard-earned cash to secure the bean.

GLOSSARY

Tucking into: starting to eat

bib: a cover made of cloth which is worn by children when eating to ptotect their clothes

hysteria: extreme exitment which can not be controled

fever pitch: a state of very strong emotion

visage: the face

jelly bean: a small sweet in the shape of bean which is soft in the middle and covered with hard sugar

walk down the aisle: to get married in church

bride-to-be: a woman who is going to get married soon

spotted:the person who has noticed somthing

visible:able to be seen

blotches: a mark that is not regular in shape

literally: used to emphesize what you are saying

speckled: covered with dots

to pocket: to earn

keen:very intrested, eager or wanting to do something very much

royal enthusiast: aperson who is very interested in and involved with royal family

wary: not completely certion or trusting something

parting with hard-earned cash: to give up the money that you have worked hard for it