Next year's royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton is being dubbed the 'austerity wedding' by the media. The Times' cartoonist Peter Brookes uses this idea as the basis for this cartoon.
The Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles are standing in the courtyard outside Buckingham Palace. The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is waving a magic wand over a pumpkin and several white mice. The Duke remarks: "Is this the best you can bloody come up with, Osborne?"
EXPLANATION
In the story of Cinderella, the pumpkin and white mice are magically transformed into a coach and horses by the Fairy Godmother. Since the government doesn't have any money to spare to pay for a lavish royal wedding due to the financial crisis, George Osborne is reduced to trying the same trick. Prince Philip (aka The Duke of Edinburgh) is not impressed!
In the story of Cinderella, the pumpkin and white mice are magically transformed into a coach and horses by the Fairy Godmother. Since the government doesn't have any money to spare to pay for a lavish royal wedding due to the financial crisis, George Osborne is reduced to trying the same trick. Prince Philip (aka The Duke of Edinburgh) is not impressed!
VOCABULARY
If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
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