lovely jubbly:
British informal, used to express delight or approval: fish and chips and a few beers on the way back from a match – lovely jubbly! (from lubbly Jubbly, a 1950s advertising slogan for Jubbly, an orange-flavoured soft drink; adopted by comedy writer John Sullivan in his BBC television series ‘Only Fools & Horses.’)
I always love a good story. This report about an error on thousands of pieces of royal souvenir china caught my eye recently and made me smile. A spelling mistake on thousands of pieces of platinum jubilee merchandise celebrating the Queen’s jubilee this year refers to the ‘jubilee’ as ‘jubbly.’ It’s a word that’s used a lot in the ‘Only Fools and Horses’ sitcom, primarily by Del Boy himself – ‘lovely jubbly’ is a classic phrase of his.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60218573
I love the fact that something such as the manufacturing of royal souvenirs, so revered and admired in certain circles, should fail so spectacularly. And in this particular case, to top it all, to be compared to one of the UK’s most iconic working class characters in the shape of Del Boy (for those who don’t know, the character created by John Sullivan for his ‘Only Fools and Horses’ sitcom, brilliantly played by David Jason).
It also called to mind a piece of my work, ‘Mugs’ which I made for the ‘Push the Boat Out’ exhibition at the Art Academy, London in 2018. This piece highlighted another major royal merchandising mistake which resulted in mugs with images of the wrong prince next to Meghan Markle being produced. I quickly snapped up a royal mug with Prince William situated next to Meghan! You can see it on the top shelf next to a mug depicting William, also next to Kate.
