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Royal wedding bonanza for London homeowners

By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD

Associated Press

LONDON – They may not get chocolate on the pillow – but at least they’ll have a pillow.

Tourists eager to soak up the pomp of this spring’s royal wedding will be hard pressed to find a hotel room, as an estimated half-million others will be here with the same idea. But for those willing to pay a premium (and do without amenities) there’s a solution: their very own London flat.

“Hotels are going to be very full,” says Jane Ingram, head of Savills Plc’s rentals unit. “People are going to need to look at private apartments as an alternative.”