Prince William and Kate Middleton embrace on rumpled sheets and Queen Elizabeth II's head on a bank note is adorned with a clown nose, in an irreverent exhibition just weeks before the royal wedding.

The Royal Family show at the Hayward Gallery brings together a range of work poking fun at William and Kate and other royals as excitement mounts ahead of their wedding on April 29.


The photograph of William and Kate in Bed 2011, which shows doubles of the royal couple relaxing in their bedroom by British artist Alison Jackson

The fake photo by British artist Alison Jackson, William and Kate in Bed 2011, shows doubles of the royal couple relaxing in their bedroom, with the angle of the picture suggesting it was taken by a hidden camera.

"Alison's work is about the anxiety that surrounds sex and royalty," said the show's curator Tom Morton.

"When I was a child, in 1981, the virginity of Diana was trumpeted by the palace. No one talks about William and Kate, yet we know they lived together before their marriage," said Alison.

The queen features on a 10 pound bank note wearing a bright red circus clown nose, in a work by German artist Hans Peter-Feldmann.u00a0

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