Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee statue unveiled

October 10, 2024

Source: BBC

Photo of the late Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, taken in the Blue Room of Buckingham Palace. Photograph taken by Julian Calder for Governor-General of New Zealand.

The first of two life-size bronze sculptures of Queen Elizabeth II has been unveiled.

The statue in Riverside Park in Andover, Hampshire, was commissioned by Test Valley Borough Council to mark the Platinum Jubilee in 2022.

Its “sister” statue is due to be placed in Romsey next year.

The sculpture depicts the monarch in her later years…

The late Queen, who died in September 2022, visited the town in 1993.

A second piece – depicting a young Queen at her coronation – will be installed in Romsey next year.

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