The Royal Wedding memorabilia now worth hundreds of pounds – do you have any in your home?

TRACY Martin has been in the antiques industry for 20 years and has appeared on TV shows such as BBC's The One Show and Flog It as well as being the antiques and collectables Expert for ITV's This Morning. She has also written six books on antiques and written for several national newspapers.

What not to buy: Souvenirs won't really hold their value. There is just too many of them out there to be of interest to collectors. You need to look for something a bit more special.

A personal connection: The one thing that usually makes these antiques collectable is a personal collection to the royal family. Something actually from the wedding reception could be really valuable. I know that a piece of Charles and Diana's wedding cake sold for £1,000 recently. I wouldn't be suprised if a slice of cake from Harry and Meghan's wedding reception goes on sale too.

Buy from designers: Collectors will always be after pieces made by designers like Emma Bridgewater and Wedgewood. These will remain collectible just because of who made them and the history behind those brands. The fact that these pieces might be related to the royal wedding isn't that important, it's who made it that counts.

Royal mint coins: If you have deep pockets the Royal Mint's royal wedding coins come at a price of £1,980 for the £5 gold proof coins. These over time do become desirable with collectors who are prepared to pay more in future as only 850 were minted. But only the gold coins hold their value, not the silver ones.

What about Meghan and Harry's wedding?: Probably the only item that will hold it's value from this royal wedding is the limited edition items made by St Georges Chapel, where the Harry and Meghan are getting married. In particular there is a limited edition mug made by the chapel of which there were only around 250 produced. These will probably become collectible, but will most likely sell out before the wedding.

So is it worth collecting royal memorabilia?: My advice to anyone buying royal wedding memorabilia would be to buy it because you love it. When you are buying royal wedding memorabilia you are purchasing a memento to keep as a memory of the day. It is not really an investment piece so just buy it if you really love it.

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