The Queen’s Menage A Trois.

This is obviously all over the papers today.

Austria has launched its presidency of the European Union by unveiling posters of naked figures wearing masks resembling the Queen, Jacques Chirac and George W. Bush.

The Reuters report gives the URL of the .pdf of the posters but I can’t get through to the site. Obviously jammed with people trying to have a look.

Some of the colonial cousins seem to be remarkably ill informed about the world beyond their shores. I’m assuming this is the headline Associated Press put on it as it appears on two independent sites. From Chron.com:

Aussies Pull Art Depicting Queen, Leaders

and from ABC:

Aussies Pull Art Depicting Queen, Leaders

with the sub-headline:

Embarrassed Australians Pull Art Project Depicting Queen, Blair, Bush Engaged in a Sexual Act

Both reports then start off :

Vienna, Austria.

So full marks to By GEORGE JAHN     Associated Press Writer or whoever it is that writes his headlines. Only out by, what, 11,000, 12,000 miles? Half the globe perhaps?

And to think, blogs are blamed for inaccuracies.

Jeez, don’t these people have editors?

(BTW, if I have any readers who get the dead tree Houston Chronicle a photo of that real world, rather than screen capture, headline would be greatly appreciated).

The photos are up at Riehl World View. Actually, I rather like the spoof of the EU flag.

And thanks to Dan for here are two of the relevant images.