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Let's print this sh*t anyway, declares delightful URL

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It's hats off today to whoever it was who discovered that you can stick any text into an Independent URL, as long as you leave the terminal numeric identifier, and then used the technique to stamp on the claim that Kate Middleton had manifested in a jelly bean.

In case the Indy fixes the problem, here's a screen grab of the outrage.

Naturally, the URL vulnerability is doing good business on Facebook and Twitter, where wags are creating their own versions of this tribute to royal wedding fever. ®

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