Campaigners have criticised the decision to ditch a grand equestrian sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II for a ‘boring’ standing figure that ‘looks nothing like her’.
Previous artist’s impressions of the new national memorial showed a large statue of the late monarch bestriding a horse on top of an imposing stone plinth.
But the latest design, unveiled today to mark the 100th anniversary of the Queen’s birth, shows a simpler bronze likeness of her as a young woman in her Garter robes.
The monument to the former head of state will stand in St James’s Park overlooking The Mall in a new space called Queen
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