A die-hard fan of the Royal Family has admitted he goes days without food to fund his enormous collection of memorabilia. Michael Perkins spends up to 20 hours a week scouring charity shops and jumble sales for royal items and has even run out of room in his house to store them all.
The 38-year-old from Newport has around 1,000 items in his collection, which he started after buying a mug for the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002., the Daily Star reports. Since then, he has gone on to collect cups, plates and milk bottles all celebrating the Royal Family, while he even has a piece of Charles and Diana's wedding cake which is now over 40 years old.
He has now crammed so much memorabilia into his two-bed house that he has started renting a storage unit to house hundreds of items, while other pieces have been left with trusted friends. Get the latest news from Newport sent straight to your inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.
