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ROYAL MT MAK RABOW-LOURED 50P TO CELEBRATE PRI, BUT GAY SIGNER HAS 'MIXED FEELGS'
A new LGBT+-themed 50p has been unveiled, markg the 50th anniversary of the first Pri celebratns the UK.The special release om the Royal Mt marks the first time Bra’s LGBTQ+ muny has been directly celebrated on official UK age, though gay breakg hero Alan Turg last year beme the new face of the £50 note.How was the new ma?Digned by east London artist and LGBT+ activist Domque Holm llaboratn wh Pri London, the “state-of-the-art lour prtg technology” to brg to life the lours of the rabow flag on special-edn lour s – along wh the words “Pri”, “Prott”, “Visibily”, “Uny” and “Equaly”.As well as tradnal Pri rabows, the featur lours om the “progrs” flag more recently embraced by LGBT+ activists – wh whe, pk and blue strip to reprent the transgenr muny, and black and brown strip to reprent queer people of lour.The Royal Mt said would make a £40,000 ntributn to London LGBT Communy Pri as part of the lnch.Activists at the lnch of the new Pri (Photo: Gareth Everett/Huw Evans Agency)Asad Shaykh of Pri London said: “It was a privilege to vis The Royal Mt as part of our partnership and see our beg ma.“It humbl me greatly that the words that I ed for the brand will be on an actual , oppose the Queen.