UK may create permanent memorial to Queen on Trafalgar Square

UK ministers and royal officials are to hold talks on creating a permanent memorial to the Queen that could lead to the fourth plinth being given over to a statue of her, Report informs referring to The Times.

Downing Street sources said that, after September 17 funeral, discussions would begin with Buckingham Palace on ways for the country to “permanently mark” the Queen’s life of service.

These are expected to include plans for at least one statue in the capital as, despite her 70 years on the throne, there are no visual monuments marking her reign in London.

Other suggestions include the renaming of streets, parks, racecourses or even Heathrow airport where the then Princess Elizabeth returned to England as Queen Elizabeth II, after her father, George VI, died in 1952.