Not even
Queen Elizabeth II can
escape the recession!
Keeping "in touch" with her people, the Queen has scaled back on expenses and extravagances, and she has encouraged the royal family to do likewise, especially grandsons Prince William and Prince Harry.
Part of her penny-saving methods include turning off the lights in vacant rooms of Buckingham Palace and re-using leftovers from banquets. During October's state visit to Slovakia and Slovenia, the queen had dressmakers use fabric