Britain’s authorities says an unbiased physique will unveil plans for a everlasting memorial to Queen Elizabeth II in 2026, to mark what would have been the late monarch’s a hundredth birthday
ByThe Related Press
September 2, 2023, 7:01 PM
FILE – On this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 file photograph, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II seems to be up and waves to members of employees of The Overseas and Commonwealth Workplace as she ends an official go to which is a part of her Jubilee celebrations in London. Britain’s authorities says an unbiased physique will unveil plans for a everlasting memorial to Queen Elizabeth II in 2026, to mark what would have been the late monarch’s a hundredth birthday. The Cupboard Workplace stated Robin Janvrin, Elizabeth’s former personal secretary, has been appointed as chairman of the Queen Elizabeth memorial committee. (AP Picture/Alastair Grant Pool, File)
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LONDON — An unbiased physique will unveil plans for a everlasting memorial to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in 2026, to mark what would have been the late monarch’s a hundredth birthday, the federal government stated Sunday.
The Cupboard Workplace stated Robin Janvrin, Elizabeth’s former personal secretary, has been appointed as chairman of the Queen Elizabeth memorial committee to contemplate proposals for a “becoming tribute” to Britain’s longest-reigning monarch following her dying in September 2022.
The queen died in Balmoral, her beloved Scottish fort property, at 96 years previous after 70 years on the throne.
Janvrin and different officers on the committee will think about Elizabeth’s lifetime of public service and the causes she supported, and advocate plans for a nationwide legacy program within the late queen’s honor.
“It will likely be a novel problem to attempt to seize for future generations Her Late Majesty’s extraordinary contribution to our nationwide life all through her very lengthy reign,” stated Janvrin, who labored at Buckingham Palace in varied roles from 1987 to 2007.
The suggestions will likely be introduced to Elizabeth’s inheritor King Charles III and the prime minister.
In 1955 Elizabeth unveiled a statue of her father, George VI, on The Mall outdoors Buckingham Palace.