Queen Elizabeth II statue to be built in Wales
The UK Government has confirmed to S4C News that a monument to Queen Elizabeth II will be built in Wales.
The Cabinet Office announced this week that capital funding from the UK Government has been provided to build monuments in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The UK Government has not announced the precise amount of funding which has been given to the UK’s nations.
The Cabinet Office told S4C News that it was a matter for the Welsh Government to decide the final cost, location, timetable and what type of memorial will be created.
When S4C News asked the Welsh Government for furthe details, a spokesperson said that ‘that will be a matter for the next Government following the Senedd Election on 7 May.’
The Queen, who reigned for 70 years, died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on 8 September 2022, aged 96. Charles III became King on the same day.
In September 2024, plans were announced to create a memorial in honour of Elizabeth II in St James’s Park, central London.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the memorial will offer ‘a space for reflection’ for future generations.
“As our longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II dedicated her entire life to public service.
‘The nation will commemorate her remarkable reign with a memorial that offers a place for reflection for generations to come.’
Earlier this week more details were released about the memorial, with the King leading the royal family in celebrating the life of Queen Elizabeth II on the day she would have turned 100 and marked the milestone with centenarians sharing her birthday.
Charles cut a birthday cake with 100-year-old Joan Illingworth after she confessed she could not manage and told her “let me do that” and shared the task.
Elizabeth was also remembered with a group of charities she served during her 70-year reign, with organisations such as the Royal College of Nursing, Victoria Cross and George Cross Association, and the Royal Ballet invited to the Buckingham Palace event.
A series of events in her memory were held with the King and Queen earlier visiting the British Museum to see the final design for the national memorial to the late Queen, which was praised by Charles as “fantastic”.
A rare group photo showing all the working royals attending the reception was published, featuring the Princess Royal, Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra.
Charles handed out 100th birthday cards to the three centenarians invited to the event after a military band played happy birthday and nearby was a selection of 100th birthday cards presented during the late Queen’s lifetime.
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Place it on the Second Severn Bridge opposite the statue for Alun Cairns
This is a story where you find that the usual ‘waste of money’ screamers go silent.
Statues to remind us of “us and them”. No thanks. Just keep them in England. Another thing imposed on the majority by a minority. Who are these people? The money could be wisely spent on the living not a dead and extremely wealthy woman who probably knew very little about reality.
She was not Elizabeth “Second”. There was no Elizabeth “First” of the “UK”. That is – unless you erase and replace the history of Scotland, Ireland, Wales AND the “UK” with the history of England. But that would be cultural and political tyranny ….wouldn’t it?
When will the English shed their Imperialist trappings. Delusions of past grandeur, we have all moved on, the monarchy is an irrelevance. Just another vestige of empire to remove when we eventually manage to break away!
The English Empire is something that should be shamed for invading and colonising 200 countries around the world. Their royal family may be one of their few diminishing reminders of those dark days, but they have nothing whatsoever to do with this country.