'Nothing is off the table' for late Queen's £46m statue - but it won't be a 'metal spike'
dailyrecord.co.ukMore than two years after the nation bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, plans are afoot to immortalise her significant legacy with a new statue.
Tasked with this endeavour, the commissioning committee has declared that they are keeping an open mind, stating "nothing is off the table."With a substantial £46million budget at their disposal, the forthcoming tribute to be sited in St.
James's Park may even incorporate cutting-edge digital technology. Speaking to The Times about the much-anticipated memorial, Baroness Amos, ex-leader of the House of Lords and member of the committee, commented: "We do not want to be prescriptive about this.""There are a set of guidelines and principles that we have set out.
And we are then looking to those artists, those designers, to come up with the best ideas." "We want a memorial that is beautiful, that speaks to that legacy, but is also fit for the future," she further noted, reports the Mirror.
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