Updated: 12:16 p.m.

If you are about to marry one of the princes of England, suddenly all your distant relatives want a piece of that sweet royal spotlight.

Take, for example, Meghan Markle's half-brother's son, Tyler Dooley, 25, of Grants Pass, who is using the upcoming nuptials of his half-aunt to sell a cannabis strain he is calling: "Markle Sparkle."

Tyler Dooley

The strain, a Sativa hybrid, "makes you feel positive, happy, and energetic," according to Leafbuyer.com.

"It is uplifting and has been known to create a tingling body sensation of numbness," the website adds.

Markle Sparkle is a hybrid of three strains: Blue City Diesel, Blueberry Northern Lights and a "third secret strain" that will be revealed when Markle Sparkle is launched June 2 at the High Times Cannabis Cup Northern California.

That's right: Though Dooley is "a licensed medical marijuana grower in Grants Pass, Oregon who is legally growing the special strain of marijuana in honor of his aunt," according to a press release from Leafbuyer.com, the strain will first be available in California.

A spokesperson for Leafbuyer.com said over email Wednesday that Dooley is looking for an Oregon distributor for his royal strain.

"It could be for sale in Oregon within the next few weeks if all goes well," she added.

Markle Sparkle is grown in Grants Pass and in Northern California.

While Dooley is using his connection to almost-royalty for marketing purposes, it seems clear that his part of the family is not very close to the future probably duchess and will not be attending the wedding.

Dooley's dad, Thomas Markle Jr., recently sent a letter to Prince Harry saying, "As more time passes to your royal wedding, it became very clear that this is the biggest mistake in royal wedding history."

In the letter he called his younger half-sister a "jaded, shallow, conceited woman that will make a joke of you and the royal family heritage," adding: "Not to mention, to top it off, she doesn't invite her own family and instead invites complete strangers to the wedding, 'who does that.'"

-- Lizzy Acker

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