World News 05-12-2003 who: The Queen what: Goes on "fake" market walkabout where: Nigeria when: Yesterday snippet: The "perfect, little dust-free market place" in which The Queen met Nigerian traders looked like a studio set - which, says The Telegraph, is exactly what it was. Security concerns meant that instead of visiting a real market, "she was forced to tour a pretend one, built inside a heavily-fortified government compound for Voices, a BBC World Service radio drama series." The Independent suspects that the Queen was kept away from real market traders in case they told her "how tough life is here, how people struggle to survive and have no money." [... more]

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