Lady Godiva

chulcoop

Our town, Coventry, England, is famous for the Lady Godiva legend.

Essentially a woman supposedly rode around our city about 1000 years ago on a horse without wearing any clothes to embarrass her husband into reducing taxes for the poor. Some historians now doubt if that did in fact happen.

There is a statue of her in the city centre.

Do a wikipedia search for "Lady Godiva" to find out more.

mheredge

I wonder if Mrs Cameron could do the same. Do you think anyone would take any notice?

chulcoop

Well Mrs Cameron (the PM's wife) instead dressed up in a red wig and looked like a worker in a baker's shop for charity. When she was (and still is) the PM's wife (i.e. while the PM was in power)

This is a pic of her.

img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/01685/SNN0619AA---_1685665a.jpg

She baked the cakes personally, apparently. And then sold them to staff working at 10 Downing Street (the PM's official residence) for "Red Nose Day".

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Relief

So while Godiva stripped off SamCam (as she is known over here) got dressed up.


Cliff

kindgnice

She looks elegant in this photo.

mheredge

Nudity is the focus of this story too @Kindgnice, but I doubt the emperor looked so elegant with no clothes!

http://andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheEmperorsNewClothes_e.html