Leon
25-06-2002, 13:28
The story below this one was "Queens keeps diary free for Henman"..
Dirty old moose
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LONDON (Reuters) - The Queen has expressed her royal disapproval at appearing on a poster promoting a sex manual alongside the quote "Phwoar, one must get one".
Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday it had written to Ann Summers, the "passion and fashion store" whose racy underwear and sex aids have taken the high street by storm, because it had breached rules on using the Queen for promotional purposes.
In a letter to the company, Jonathan Spencer, deputy comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office, said the picture "did not comply with the guidelines on the use of Queen's image and clearly carries no endorsement."
The posters, which appeared in the windows of Ann Summers' 62 British stores, show the queen, who celebrated 50 years on the throne earlier this month, at the state opening of Parliament.
But instead of a speech in her hands, the 76-year-old monarch carries the new Ann Summers Wild Guide to Sex. A thought bubble coming from the royal head reads "Phwoar, one must get one".
The company brushed aside the criticism, saying the promotion was a light-hearted take on the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations.
"We thought it was just a humorous celebration of the Jubilee," a spokesman said. "They will be removed at the end of the month. That was always the plan."
Dirty old moose
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LONDON (Reuters) - The Queen has expressed her royal disapproval at appearing on a poster promoting a sex manual alongside the quote "Phwoar, one must get one".
Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday it had written to Ann Summers, the "passion and fashion store" whose racy underwear and sex aids have taken the high street by storm, because it had breached rules on using the Queen for promotional purposes.
In a letter to the company, Jonathan Spencer, deputy comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office, said the picture "did not comply with the guidelines on the use of Queen's image and clearly carries no endorsement."
The posters, which appeared in the windows of Ann Summers' 62 British stores, show the queen, who celebrated 50 years on the throne earlier this month, at the state opening of Parliament.
But instead of a speech in her hands, the 76-year-old monarch carries the new Ann Summers Wild Guide to Sex. A thought bubble coming from the royal head reads "Phwoar, one must get one".
The company brushed aside the criticism, saying the promotion was a light-hearted take on the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations.
"We thought it was just a humorous celebration of the Jubilee," a spokesman said. "They will be removed at the end of the month. That was always the plan."