Philip Treacy, whose creations often sell for thousands of pounds, said he was flattered she had chosen his hat, and that she had decided to sell it for charity.

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Anything safe to recycle will be handed over to a group of local school children who are intending to turn the litter into fish, ducks and swans and sell them for charity.

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Mr Mitchell, who is the MP for Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, decided to sell the Reflex Westminster bike on the auction site for an Aids charity.

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It's not a charity site or a way for small businesses to sell their wares.

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to sell his 33-year-old car to raise money for a charity that funds housing projects for young people.

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To accomplish this, most would need to harvest their companies for raw resources and then give the proceeds to charity, or sell their equity in these businesses and donate the proceeds to charity.

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