In this cartoon by Paul Thomas from the Daily Express, one of the boats from the Diamond Jubilee Thames River Pageant is shown a long way off course somewhere in the Pacific. The man in the top hat holding a glass of champagne on the Union Jack-bedecked boat explains to the castaway on the desert island, "We took a wrong turn sailing home after being in the Queen's flotilla ..."
VOCABULARY
1. The boat is a rowing boat and one of the men is using oars to row it.
2. The boat is decorated with Union Jack flags and bunting (rows of small coloured flags).
