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Racers push their Royal Wedding-themed entry down Duval Street Saturday, April 30, 2011, in Key West, Fla., during the Conch Republic Red Ribbon Bed Race. Female impersonator Lucas Czajkowski portrays Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, riding in the bed. The event was part of Key West's wacky Conch Republic Independence Celebration that ends Sunday, May 1. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Rob O'Neal/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

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In this photo, released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, contestants in the Conch Republic Red Ribbon Bed Race push their entires down Duval Street in Key West, Fla., Saturday, April 30, 2011. The event was part of Key West's annual Conch Republic Independence Celebration that ends Sunday, May 1. The 10-day event commemorates the Keys 1982 mock secession from America after the U.S. Border Patrol established a roadblock at the top of the Overseas Highway. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Rob O'Neal/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

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Racers push their Royal Wedding-themed entry down Duval Street Saturday, April 30, 2011, in Key West, Fla., during the Conch Republic Red Ribbon Bed Race. Female impersonator Lucas Czajkowski portrays Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, riding in the bed. The event was part of Key West's wacky Conch Republic Independence Celebration that ends Sunday, May 1. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Rob O'Neal/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

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Female impersonators compete in the Great Conch Republic Drag Race, a facet of the Conch Republic Independence Celebration Saturday, April 23, 2011, in Key West, Fla. The celebration, continues through May 1 and commemorates the anniversary a 1982 mock "secession" from the United States following a U.S. Border Patrol roadblock erected at the top of the Florida Keys' Overseas Highway. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Rob O'Neal/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)

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A female impersonator is pushed in a souped-up shopping car down Duval Street Saturday, April 23, 2011, in Key West, Fla., during the Great Conch Republic Drag Race, a facet of the Conch Republic Independence Celebration Saturday, April 23, 2011, in Key West, Fla. The celebration, continues through May 1 and commemorates the anniversary a 1982 mock "secession" from the United States following a U.S. Border Patrol roadblock erected at the top of the Florida Keys' Overseas Highway. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY (Rob O'Neal/Florida Keys News Bureau/HO)