Llandovery townsfolk bleat about Royal jokers! (From South Wales Guardian)

Llandovery townsfolk bleat about Royal jokers!

6:10am Wednesday 26th September 2012 in News

A STORM has erupted in Llandovery over cut-outs depicting the Royal Family as a flock of sheep.

Some shops are displaying the cutouts of sheep - with faces of the Royals stuck on - to advertise Llandovery’s Sheep Festival this weekend.

But former Llandovery town clerk Terry Leyman said some people felt it was in “baaaa-d taste” and revealed he had raised the matter with Trading Standards and Dyfed-Powys Police.

“I’m speaking up on behalf of residents,” he said. “Everyone I’ve spoken to think the fact the Royal Family are being portrayed as a flock of sheep is absolutely disgusting.”

But newsagent Martin Davies said his customers regarded the cut-outs as an amusing way to advertise an important event in the town.

“I don’t think it’s treasonable,” he joked.