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Ebay Listing Removed For Trying To Sell Debris From Prince Philip Crash

It's an unfortunate reality that whenever something goes wrong, it doesn't take long before somebody tries to make money off of it.

When even a national tragedy like 9/11 can't pass without someone trying to sell commemorative boxer shorts, it's clear that nothing is apparently sacred.

Yet, it seems that it took a much smaller event to attract one really strange offer. And we can't even use greed to explain this one.

As you may have heard, Prince Philip was involved in a car crash on Thursday.

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As the BBC reported, the Duke of Edinburgh's Land Rover collided with a Kia on Norfolk, England's A149 highway.

He was unharmed, as was a nine-month-old boy in the other car. The Kia's driver sustained cuts, while her passenger suffered a broken wrist.

Other than the injuries, the incident seemed to result in a small pile of debris ending up on the road.

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This might escape the notice of most people, but for an Ebay seller who goes by morbius777, it seemed that opportunity knocked.

As they said on their listing, "It amazes me that they weren't cleaned up on the day. So, as opportunists do, I tidied them up."

Apparently convinced that people would buy anything connected to the Royal Family, they decided to put the pile up for auction.

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More specifically, it seems they were selling three plastic parts from the wreck, rather than any of the glass pictured.

According to the BBC, they went on to say, "These items are not stolen, they have been left at the roadside for way too long."

They also joked that Prince Philip's DNA may be on the debris, "in case you wanted to clone him."

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And for all we know, somebody did have that ambition because the auction turned out to be surprisingly successful.

Before the day was out, the debris auction attracted 139 bids, which pushed the price to the equivalent of $85,130.

However, it seemed this seller wasn't as opportunistic as they let on because they didn't even intend to pocket the money.

As they said, "There's no financial gain in this for me, all proceeds going to charity. It's a bit of fun, and Cancer Research get to benefit."

But whatever the intentions behind their plan, it didn't seem like it was gonna work out.

For one thing, a representative from Cancer Research UK declined to comment when the BBC reached out, which suggests they wanted to stay as far away from this bizarre matter as possible.

For another, Ebay would end up shutting down the auction before a day had even elapsed on it.

As a representative from the Website told the BBC, this was because the listing violated their policy "relating to the sale of any item that seeks to profit from human suffering or tragedy."

So all told, the aftermath of the Duke of Edinburgh's collision seemed to amount to very little.

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Norfolk city council voted to decrease the speed limit on the A149 and install speed cameras, but it seemed they had already intended to do that due to five fatal events taking place there over the last six years.

h/t: BBC