Bizarre bid for a bizarre hat

LONDON — Auction site eBay says a bidder has offered $120,000 for the spiraling headpiece worn by Princess Beatrice to last month's royal wedding.

The 22-year-old granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II startled commentators with the swirling hat she wore to the wedding of her cousin Prince William and Kate Middleton.

The silk Philip Treacy creation, which has been compared to antlers, a toilet seat and a pretzel, as been put into scores of unlikely scenarios in photos manipulated for the Internet.

Beatrice has taken the joke in stride and put the hat on sale for charity. Proceeds will go to UNICEF and Children in Crisis.

On Saturday, 38 bidders were competing for the hat, described on eBay as a "unique sculptural celebratory headpiece."

The auction ends today. AP

Princess Beatrice's royal wedding hat has been variously described as a toilet seat and a pretzel | apGero Breloer