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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Jamie Barwick

'Humble' Prince William hailed for selling The Big Issue days after Queen's Jubilee

Prince William has been praised by members of the public for selling copies of The Big Issue, with one lucky vendor making the most of the spike in sales.

The Duke of Cambridge was spotted on Wednesday in London just days after the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations selling "piles" of the magazine, which was to the delight of veteran vendor Dave Martin because William was using his card payment reader, according to reports.

The royal, dressed in the magazine's red gilet and baseball cap, shifted all of his copies within an hour on the streets of Westminster – potentially becoming London’s fastest-selling Big Issue vendor.

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