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Companies attempt to cash-in on #RoyalBaby

Raghu Manavalan Jul 22, 2013

Now that the royal baby has been born (it’s a boy!), social media is abuzz with reactions to the birth of the next heir to the English throne.

And companies are trying to join the party too, cashing in on some free advertising. Here’s some of the tweets and Facebook posts that we’ve seen here at Marketplace that have been a little … odd:

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