Al Gore Appears on New British Coin

Well, actually it's supposed to be Prince William and his bride-to-be, but it looks more like Al Gore and some woman with a hangover:

Kate looks like she imbibed a little too much beer the night before and is having a bad hair day. She could stand to pluck her eyebrows, too. William, if that's William, looks dazed and confused.

Britain's Royal Mint on Thursday released a commemorative coin featuring portraits of Prince William and his bride-to-be, Kate Middleton, but critics said the results were far from lifelike. They're more coin-like, we think.

Images of the couple on the memento bear little resemblance to either the prince or his 28-year-old betrothed. Middleton appears plump in the face and lips and has bags under her eyes, while some critics suggested William looks more like Al Gore.

On the flip side of the coin is a solid profile of the Queen, though the double chin seems less than kind.

"This coin is of historical importance, to get it so wrong seems ridiculous," Ingrid Seward of Majesty magazine told Sky News.

The Royal Mint said the coin was designed by its in-house engraving team (after lunch one day) and insisted the portraits had gone though "a rigorous approval process." Both the Queen and Prince William had given their consent to the design, the mint said in a statement.

Available in silver or gold, the 5-pound ($7.70) coin – which costs 9.99 pounds ($15.40) to buy – marks the April 29 wedding of the second-in-line to the British throne. Maybe they could add a set of steak knives to make the offer more attractive.

This didn't treat Princess Diana this way.