Royal courtiers wanted to block the sale of "tasteless" memorabilia when Britain's Queen Elizabeth II married Prince Philip in 1947. Papers released Tuesday by the National Archives at Kew, west London, revealed that members of Britain's Royal Court took their concerns over the wedding souvenirs to the Home Office. The courtiers were particularly annoyed about the "undesirable" handkerchiefs, produced by the Cheadle Fabric Factory.

The Berlin Zoo's polar bear cub, Knut, has risen to fame ever since his picture appeared on Vanity Fair cover with Leonardo DiCaprio. The cub, which has his own line of souvenirs now, has nearly 15,000 people come to the zoo every day. The 4-month-old polar bear has stuffed toys selling in his name at the rate of 800 a day. Not only this, the amazingly adorable cub also has T-shirts, key chains, coffee mugs and other kitsch to his name in the market.

A survey by a hotel chain has found that many men admit they like sleeping with teddy bears, with more saying they would prefer to do the same with actress Angelina Jolie. The surprising results came in when Travelodge hotel chain surveyed 2,000 men and found more men than women used the stuffed animals as sleep aids. However Angelina Jolie was the hot favorite among male respondents' wish-list of cuddling partners.

A woman has sued a hospital and two doctors after giving birth to a baby girl despite having an abortion. In the lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court, Jennifer Raper, 45, claims that the physicians failed to end her pregnancy and now were responsible for the financial burden of raising her daughter. Raper decided to have an abortion when she found out she was pregnant in March 2004. Therefore, on April 9, 2004 she went to Planned Parenthood, where Dr. Allison Bryant performed the procedure on her, but it "was not done properly, causing the plaintiff to remain pregnant," said the complaint, according to the Boston Globe.