To coin a phrase
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:23 am
that's shite...
Prince William and Kate Middleton's engagement photographs may have been airbrushed, but at least they bore a faithful resemblance.
It's a shame the same can't be said for the special commemorative coin, released by the Royal Mint today to mark the occasion.
The first ever struck to mark a royal engagement, the Alderney coin has a denomination of £5 and comes in its own presentation folder.
But the badly executed image of the Royal couple, by the Royal Mint's head of design Matthew Bonaccorsi, bears little likeness to either partner.
In, perhaps, a clumsy attempt at flattery, Kate's upper lip appears to have been plumped beyond recognition.
Less kind is the broad neck the artist has given her, making her seem rather more masculine, and less slight than she is in reality.
William is seen in profile, his head tactfully cropped to conceal his thinning hair, but unwittingly making a statement of his Adam's apple, which appears to have been enlarged to match the size of his nose.
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