A Proper Charlie

[Insuflo]

I was going to post this in the Lost/Found/Stolen.

The government shelled out £2.7m for photos of the King for public buildings but take-up wasn’t enthusiastic. But they won’t let on which institutions said yes or no. Has anyone seen one of these portraits locally? I’ll be on the lookout from now on. 

Over 46,000 public bodies spurned offer of free King Charles portrait | King Charles III | The Guardian 

 

[Spartacus]

I'm sure Mr Bridger in wormwood scrubs would like one 

Edited 1 hour ago by Spartacus

[ianr]

Was there any need or warrant for the Grauniad to use 'spurned' rather than, say,'declined'?

Edited 19 minutes ago by ianr