The London Assembly unanimously agreed a motion for a new permanent monument to Britain's longest-serving monarch.
MPs previously called for a statue to be placed on the Fourth Plinth at Trafalgar Square, pictured here with artwork The EndA new statue of the late Queen Elizabeth II should be placed in a "prominent" London location, City Hall politicians have said.
An earlier version of the motion said the statue should be placed on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, but the final wording said its location should "be decided in consultation with the Royal Family". "I think that [location] is about art and challenge and other things, rather than perhaps a place for reflection and reflecting [on] our longest-serving head of state," she said.Caroline Russell, Green AM, said she was strongly opposed to the Fourth Plinth, as the location "contributes to the cultural debates in our city".
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