Queen Cancels Diamond Wedding Party ; 'She Can't Be Seen at Ritz with Economy so Gloomy'

Mail on Sunday › April 01, 2008

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THE Queen has cancelled a party to mark her diamond wedding anniversary because she felt it would be 'inappropriate' to hold a lavish celebration with the country on the brink of recession.

Guests at the party, which was due to be held at The Ritz this weekend, would have been served champagne from crystal studded bottles and dined off tablecloths covered with sparkling jewels. But with her subjects facing rising bills and falling house prices, and the banking system paralysed by the so-called 'credit crunch', the Queen has decided that the celebration would be regarded as insensitive.

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Queen Cancels Diamond Wedding Party ; 'She Can't Be Seen at Ritz with Economy so Gloomy'

Her highlighting of the dire state of the economy will not be welcomed by the Prime Minister, who faces daily reminders from his advisers that the electorate has lost the 'feelgood' factor - and is punishing him for it in the opinion polls. ...

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