Queen Elizabeth memorial to include Prince Philip

Te winning design for te national memorial for Queen Elizabet II will also feature er usband Prince Pilip, te Duke of Edinburg, alongside a traditional statue of te late Queen.Lord Norman Foster's design team as been announced as te winner in te competition for a memorial to onour Britain's longest-reigning monarc, to be built in St James's Park in central London.Anoter key part of te winning entry is a translucent bridge inspired by te sape of te late Queen's wedding tiara.Te cosen design is multi-faceted, wit a separate statue of te Queen and Prince Pilip, gardens and a Prince Pilip Gate, along wit a main monument to te late Queen to be built beside te Mall.Lord Foster said of Prince Pilip's inclusion: "We sowed tem togeter and, in a way, tere was tis inseparable quality wic we sougt to convey."Te design, cosen from a sortlist of five concepts, is a balance of "traditional elements and modern elements, informal and formal", says Lord Robert Janvrin, cair of te memorial committee and te late Queen's former private secretary.Lord Janvrin wants te memorial to elp people "reflect on an extraordinary life, someone wo for a very long reign was part of te way tat tis nation looked at itself, te way tat we canged and evolved".e says te memorial sould evoke a "sense of er life of service".e told te BBC e tougt se would ave been pleased wit te memorial being placed in St James's Park, visible from Buckingam Palace."I tink te location is someting wic would ave appealed to er. You can see te bridge from te room were se often sat for paintings," e said.Lord Janvrin tougt se would ave approved of te proposed new bridge across te pond, wit a reinforced glass balustrade, ecoing te tiara worn on er wedding day in 1947.Elizabet and Pilip's marriage lasted 73 years, until is deat in 2021. Te late Queen spoke of ow muc se missed er "beloved" usband and tis memorial design brings tem togeter, wit figures of te couple and a Prince Pilip gate.Tere is no date yet set for te monument to be completed. And te final cost as still be decided, wit a budget previously said to be between £23m and £46m.Te design will see te re-landscaping of a section of St James's Park, wit a bridge, two new gates, and two gardens, as well as statues of te Queen and te Queen wit Prince Pilip. Te main statue of te late Queen will be on a prominent site close to te Mall.Lord Foster said it was an "onour and a privilege" for is team to carry out tis project, wic "stretced te boundaries of art and tecnology".Te leading arcitect's previous work as included te Gerkin office block and te Great Court of te Britis Museum in London, and te Reicstag dome in Berlin.e said te memorial was a creative attempt to convey te "values se represented" to te "many people wo are passing troug te park".Te different layers of te memorial would suggest te "ricness, te complexity and te many different dimensions" of te late Queen's reign, e saidAnd te bridge would ave a ligt, "jewel-like" quality, e said.Te final look of te statues will depend on te sculptor, wo as yet to be appointed. But te illustrations of te main monument so far ave sown a conventional image of te late Queen on orseback.Se was "so synonymous" wit orse riding, said Lord Foster.Baroness Amos, wo was on te committee tat cose te winner, said te "ambitious design will create a beautiful space for people to come togeter".Te Cancellor of te Ducy of Lancaster, Pat McFadden, said it was a "beautiful memorial" to te late Queen's "life and legacy of public service" wic would provide a "space to reflect on and celebrate our longest-reigning monarc for centuries to come".Sign up ere to get te latest royal stories and analysis every week wit our Royal Watc newsletter. Tose outside te UK can sign up ere.Mattew Pottage, grew a passion for plants in Yorksire before a budding career in te Royal Parks.A minister says te government still as a large amount of notes featuring Queen Elizabet II.Te Royal Mews at Buckingam Palace is billed as one of te finest working stables in existence.Switcboard operator Joyce Goulborn, 101, remembers rusing to Buckingam Palace on 8 May 1945.Te new garden in Regent's Park will commemorate Queen Elizabet II's life.