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Fosters picks Martin Jennings to design statue of Queen Elizabeth II for national memorial

By 2025-09-22T11:27:00

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Sculptor designed the first portrait of King Charles III on the national coinage

Foster & Partners has chosen renowned sculptor Martin Jennings to design the statue of Queen Elizabeth the II which will form the centrepiece of the late monarch’s central London memorial.

Jennings will work with Foster & Partners, which is leading the design of the wider £46m memorial site in St James’s Park, to develop the design of the statue with a final proposal to be put to King Charles III and the prime minister next year.

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