When Windsor was announced as Harry and Meghan’s wedding venue, a right royal media storm kicked up. And the town’s homeless population was caught in the middle.
Rough sleepers should be swept off the streets ahead of the big day, council leader Simon Dudley urged police earlier this year. As an activist for homelessness charities, Harry confronted the row, albeit sideways. He and Meghan visited Social Bite, the increasingly famous Edinburgh cafe that trains homeless people. It didn’t take Sherlock to read this as an indication of the couple’s position.
The royal wedding kept homelessness on the agenda. And in last week’s Big Issue we asked some of our Street Art contributors to help us celebrate the royal wedding – Big Issue style!
Four contributors illustrated their own take on the nuptials, with David Tovey and Jo Adamson’s making a front page splash on our cover.
And The Big Issue Shop threw their hat in the ring of royal wedding tat (condoms and sausages?) with a more classy affair.
We printed each of the four Street Art illustrations on tea towels – perfect for mopping up spilt Prosecco. For every one sold, the artists will receive at least half of the proceeds.
