LONDON — That’s Kate Middleton? Britain’s Royal Mint on Thursday released a commemorative coin featuring portraits of Prince William and his bride-to-be, but critics said the results were far from lifelike.
Images of the couple on the memento bear little resemblance to either the prince or his 28-year-old betrothed. Middleton appears plump and has bags under her eyes, while some critics suggested William looks more like former U.S. Vice President Al Gore or Elvis Presley.
The coin marks the April 29 wedding of the second-in-line to the British throne.
“This coin is of historical importance. To get it so wrong seems ridiculous,” Ingrid Seward of Majesty magazine told Britain’s Sky News.
The Royal Mint said the coin was designed by its in-house engraving team and insisted the portraits had gone though “a rigorous approval process.” The Associated Press
