{"id":2035695,"date":"2025-09-19T23:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2035695"},"modified":"2025-09-19T23:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:15:13","slug":"queen-elizabeth-statue-will-show-grandeur-and-dignity-sculptor-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/queen-elizabeth-statue-will-show-grandeur-and-dignity-sculptor-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth statue will show ‘grandeur and dignity,’ sculptor says"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An artist’s impression of the design for the memorial indicated how a statue of the queen might look<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The sculptor chosen to create a statue of Queen Elizabeth II for her national memorial has said he wants to capture the “grandeur and dignity” of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.<\/p>\n

Martin Jennings, who has previously depicted King Charles III and the Queen Mother, said he was “elated” to be chosen to portray the late queen.<\/p>\n

“She was loved and admired across the globe for her steadfast devotion to duty, borne with grace, decency and restraint.”<\/p>\n

The statue will be of the memorial in central London’s St James’s Park, with the final design to be revealed in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The British sculptor told the PA news agency that he did not have a “defined idea” of how the statue would look yet, and that he would want the Royal Family’s approval.<\/p>\n

But he said he hoped to convey the appropriate “grandeur and dignity” and that “a certain amount of stillness” would be beneficial.<\/p>\n

Mr Jennings added that people had “strong feelings about the queen”.<\/p>\n

“I will be going through a period of listening to not only what invested organisations and individuals want of it, but taking the temperature of how the populace at large might want to see this representation.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Martin Jennings said he would like royal approval of his design<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A section of St James’s Park visible from Buckingham Palace will be re-landscaped for the national memorial, with a budget previously said to be between \u00a323m and \u00a346m.<\/p>\n

The anti-monarchy campaign group Republic has called for the Royal Family to pay for the memorial rather than the government.<\/p>\n

“They can pay for their own statue,” the group’s chief executive Graham Smith said.<\/p>\n

The winning design for the memorial, chosen from a shortlist of five concepts<\/a>, will feature a bridge with a balustrade made of glass, inspired by the shape of the late queen’s wedding tiara.<\/p>\n

There will also be a statue of her and Prince Philip, to whom she was married for 73 years until his death in 2021, a Prince Philip Gate and new gardens.<\/p>\n

The final designs will be put to the King and the prime minister next year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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