'It was such an honour to sculpt the monarch' Keziah Burt was commissioned to create a bust depicting the Queen during her time in the armed forces.
Keziah Burt created the portrait bust of the Queen from clay during a six-day live sculpting event
As war raged in Europe in February 1945, Princess Elizabeth signed up to the Auxiliary Territorial Service , training as a driver and mechanic with the rank of Second Subaltern.By the end of World War Two some 250,000 women had served in the ATS, including the future monarch The National Army Museum, in Chelsea, central London, commissioned the piece with Ms Burt carving it from clay in front of members of the public, basing it on various photos of the Queen when she was in the armed services.The Queen became commander-in-chief of the British Armed Forces following her accession to the throne in 1952
On the day the Queen died, Ms Burt - who has only just ended her career as an art teacher to become a fulltime artist - was in the capital for a gallery exhibition of her work in Mayfair. Meanwhile, the portrait bust of the Queen, which has now been cast in bronze, has taken on an even more poignant role following the monarch's death.
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