Official photo of the Queen accidentally reveals royal cheapness

The British people can be cold, and now we know we know why. Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II of England is using a lowly space heater to keep warm, an official photo accidentally revealed. This picture of Her Majesty meeting the Australian High Commissioner at Buckingham Palace was photobombed, by a cheap, two-bar electric heater. Frankly, it looks rather embarrassed to be sitting in such an ornate royal fireplace. Money must be really tight for Britain’s First Household. Perhaps after this picture was taken, the Queen and the Commish sat down to a royal feast of Hamburger Helper and tap water.

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