Ordinary Gweilo

An amusing mistake by The Sun newspaper, from Photo Shop Disasters via The Guardian.

The Sun carried photographs of a member of the royal family in a boat (he was actually on Royal Navy manoeuvres off Montserrat).

For some reason, they decided the local who was actually driving the boat (see right) should be removed from the photograph.  This can be clearly seen by comparing the photograph in the newspaper with the same picture in other newspapers (and on The Sun’s website).

The really funny part is that they didn’t actually remove all of him –  his knee and lower leg.are still clearly visible in the photograph (see left) even though his arm and body – and his lovely hat – were all lovingly erased.

They also removed the boat’s engine, presumably because having removed the man they were left with half of the engine, and that looked a bit weird.

Though not quite as weird as a stray leg, it has to be said.