Royal-mad superfan spent £30,000 building plate collection 'because he was bored'
dailystar.co.ukRoyal memorabilia collection which is worth over £30,000. Royal superfan Tajinder Nahar, 65, has taken 30 years to create his collection, which includes porcelain plates and mugs, books and board games, pictures and tea trays.And amazingly he started it out of pure boredom.Speaking to the Mirror, he said: "I was 35 and unemployed."I was at home with nothing to do when my then-wife said, ‘Why not start a collection?’“At first, as she sent me off to the charity shop, I was reluctant.
But when I saw two mugs with Queen Elizabeth’s face on them, I just knew. That was the start of everything.”Tajinder, who moved to the UK from India at 24, says: “Unlike the distant kings and queens I grew up learning about in history class, Queen Elizabeth was right there.
You could turn on the TV and see her, or the radio and hear her. She was always so dignified.”And following the first buys, a craze was born.He continued “I started hunting for items two or three times a week.
I’d visit all the charity shops and car boot sales.“It started to creep into every room."I had to start storing some of it under our bed!
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