By Fortune Tazvida
Zimbabwe’s weekly Standard newspaper has been forced to apologise to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II after publishing a computer doctored picture of her pregnant following a visit to the UK by South African President Jacob Zuma. Zuma travelled to the UK earlier this month with papers there tearing into him as ‘a sex obsessed buffoon.’
Various other cartoonists there played on the theme of him trying to seduce the Queen.
However it was a cartoon taken from an unknown internet site showing the Queen pregnant that has however gone the extra mile.
The Zimbabwe Standard newspaper published the photo alongside an article about Zuma trying to break the deadlock in Zimbabwe.
Attached to the picture was the caption “Zuma UK trip successful.” It effectively implied Zuma had got the Queen pregnant during the state visit.
The paper said while some readers found the photo amusing, it also caused offense and was seen as tasteless.
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