Woman dressed as Princess Leia of Star Wars stopped for drink driving

Apr. 23, 2009
A woman dressed as Princess Leia was pulled over for drink driving after she and her husband dressed as Luke Skywalker were too embarrassed to walk home as their Star Wars characters.
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