Even the Queen can't escape the credit crunch

Article Added: 22/10/2008
The Hello Magazine website is reporting that even the Queenhas been affected by the money worries that the rest of us are suffering from,as she has been seen at a state banquet during a visit to Slovenia wearing adress created from material presented to her 20 years ago.

The website reports that, "Palace officials are hailing thethrifty sartorial move as ’credit crunch couture’. The brocade used in thefloor-length, gold-hued evening gown was given to the monarch on a tour of the Middle East. And has been carefully stored in acid-freepaper ever since."

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