Buckingham Palace officials discover mushrooms with 'hallucinogenic properties' in gardens

Buckingham Palace officials discover mushrooms with 'hallucinogenic properties' in gardens
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Free skit idea for Saturday Night Live: Queen Elizabeth II growing shrooms.

Alas, officials told The Associated Press that mushrooms found with "hallucinogenic properties" in the Buckingham Palace gardens were growing wild, and were most definitely not used in the palace kitchens.

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Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.