Nothing to see here, just the Queen with a lizard tongue

This can never be unseen.
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Rachel Thompson
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LONDON -- If there's one thing you've never asked to see, it's Queen Elizabeth II with a lizard tongue. 

You can now add this unfortunate sight to the list of things you will never be able to unsee. 

A seemingly innocuous photo from the Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert in 2012 has resurfaced, sparking the unlikeliest Photoshop battle on Reddit. 


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The image shows Jimmy Carr and Peter Kay -- who is dressed as a Yeoman Warder -- standing beside the Queen. The original image in itself is a sight to behold, but Reddit users had other ideas...

Carr's smart suit and tie got a complete overhaul... 

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And, Peter Kay also got his own make-over. Along with every single person in the shot... 

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Then came the inevitable face-swapping....

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Um. No. 

And finally, the most horrifying Photoshop of all time.

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NOPE.

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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.

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