Author Jane Austen Will Become The Face Of The New £10 Banknote

After a furore erupted over the decision to replace Elizabeth Fry with Winston Churchill on £5 banknotes, the outgoing Bank of England governor, Sir Mervyn King, explained it was all a terrible misunderstanding. Those fearing that the achievement of women in British history would no longer be represented by anyone other than a hereditary monarch need not worry; the white, male faces on our banknotes - Charles Darwin, Adam Smith, Winston Churchill, John Houblon, Matthew Boulton and James Watt - ...