I know times are tough but I did not know that bad in the UK!

Like the rest of the world in an economic downswing, I see that the UK may have been hit harder than we last suspected.

The Queens garments up for sale! Did she have them up on eBay?

Queen's Undergarments Up For Auction

Updated: Sunday, 05 Dec 2010, 10:01 AM CST
Published : Sunday, 05 Dec 2010, 10:01 AM CST

(NewsCore) - A pair of undergarments that reportedly belonged to the reigning British monarch Queen Elizabeth II was set to be auctioned for up to $9,000, TMZ reported Sunday.
The monogrammed item, reminiscent of shorts, reportedly came into the possession of a "famous Miami playboy named 'Baron' Joseph de Bicske Dobronyi" more than 40 years ago.
He received the garment from a friend after it was left on a private plane used when the queen visited Chile in 1968.
After Dobronyi's death in June, his estate began planning to auction off the royal panties.
A pair of silk briefs that kept Napoleon Bonaparte warm during his exile on the South Atlantic island of Saint Helena was due to go on sale over the weekend for between €15,000 ($20,000) and €20,000.