The statue, to be sculpted by Martin Jennings, shows the late Queen in her younger years, in the ceremonial robes of the Order of Garter.
The image, which will be 9.84ft (3m) tall, standing on a 11.15ft (3.4m) plinth in St James’s Park, is inspired by the 1955 painting of the late Queen by Pietro Annigoni.
It’s being unveiled 100 years after her birth, on 21 April 1926, when the then Princess Elizabeth was born in a townhouse in Bruton Street in Mayfair.
Lord Janvrin, chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee, said the image showed her in her public role; if the statue had shown her on horseback, as had been discussed, it would have been more about her personal hobby.
The memorial committee had to decide how to represent the late Queen to future generations and Lord Janvrin said they had wanted to show her “very strong sense of duty” and sense of public service.
In his video message, the King said the late Queen lived through “remarkable change and yet, through each passing decade, through every transformation, she remained constant, steadfast and wholly devoted to the people she served”.
The memorial project in St James’s Park, designed by a team headed by architect Lord Foster, also includes a bust of the Queen in later years and a bronze statue of Prince Philip.
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