(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121008-srirasmi-thailand-vmed-810a.photoblog600.jpg)Adrees Latif / ReutersRoyal Consort Princess Srirasmi, left, and Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana take part in the pre-funeral ceremony for Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's late sister Princess Galyani Vadhana in Bangkok in October 2008. Srirasmi recently spent time shopping for antiques in Britain.By Hannah Pettifer, ITV NewsLONDON -- A Thai princess stripped the shelves and rang up around $40,000 through the tills of an English antiques center during an eight-hour shopping spree, storeowners said.
Antiques dealers in Battlesbridge, in the southeastern English county of Esintercourse, said Royal Consort Princess Srirasmi of Thailand scooped up hundreds of items and paid for them -- on the spot and in cash – during her visit on Friday.
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The princess purchased a variety of antiques, including china tea sets, silverware and oil lamps.
“The princess was just choosing things that took her fancy. ... Very decorative items -- but masses and masses of it,” another dealer said.
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