Royal wedding 2018: Pippa, iced tea and Van Gogh

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By Victoria Park-Froud
BBC News

The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, has prompted a lot of discussion about guests' outfits.

More than 16,000 people have tweeted about the Duchess of Cambridge's sister, Pippa Matthews.

A tweet likening Pippa's dress to a can of iced tea has been retweeted over 1,500 times and liked nearly 4,000 times.

This was the original tweet.

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Some people on Twitter have posted gifs showing how much they agree that the dress looks like the can of drink.

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Twitter users have responded by posting their own drink/wedding outfit comparison photos.

DeLo posted a picture likening the Archbishop of Canterbury to a fizzy drink.

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Whereas a Facebook user likened Pippa's dress to a piece of Van Gogh artwork.

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