King Philippe and Queen Mathilde have visited the Belgian Senate to unveil a tribute for His Majesty’s 10th anniversary as Monarch: a set of two new busts.
Their Majesties arrived in the Senate’s Palace on the afternoon of 5th July 2023, and were welcomed by local authorities, before being escorted to the Green Hall.
There, they were presented with two new busts made of them by…
An historic area of England which contains one of the most unusual collection of royal artefacts in the world is about to get another bit of regal history. Rutland, home to Oakham Castle’s famous display of royal horseshoes, will soon have a sculpture of Queen…
On what would have been Diana, Princess of Wales’s 60th birthday, her sons Prince William and Prince Harry have unveiled a statue of their mother in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace. The gardens were one of Diana’s favourite places in the palace grounds and…
On 1 July, in honour of what would have been her 60th birthday, Prince William and Prince Harry will reveal a statue of their late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. William and Harry commissioned the statue in 2017 for the 20th anniversary of Diana’s death. Because of the worldwide health crisis, the installation plans were pushed back. The new statue will be the first official sculpture of…
London's Royal Statues: Queen Charlotte
13th May 2017
London has many plaques and memorials with royal connections but in fact, rather fewer statues. Some of these statues have interesting hidden histories of their own, of how they were made, how they came to be in the places that they are and why. Some of these statues may be…
Prince Charles unveils statue of his grandmother, The Queen Mother
27th October 2016
A statue of The Queen Mother has been unveiled by Prince Charles and The Queen.
The bronze statue, which is 9ft and 6in tall now stands in the square of the new area at the edge of Dorchester in the new Poundbury development. The square itself is named after The Queen…
New statue of The Queen commissioned to mark her 90th birthday
25th January 2016
A new statue of The Queen will be erected later this year in Gravesham to mark Her Majesty’s 90th birthday celebrations.
The artwork was commissioned by Gravesham Council and is believed to be the only statue showing The Queen seated. The bronze statue, mounted on a stone plinth, features the monarch dressed in her Order of the Garter robes.
The statue’s initial plans, detailing…