New Royal Statue Divides Opinion

[naomi24]

What's yours?

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyl0xnrynzo

 

Mine?  Absolutely ghastly!   It could be any unknown elderly couple off to a Sunday morning car boot sale!!  The late queen and duke deserve better.

[ladybirder]

I didn't know who they were until I vaguely recognised him.  If he hadn't have been there I wouldn't have had a clue.  Nothing like her at all.

[zebo]

I'm glad the article told us who they were supposed to be, I recognised neither of them!

[Barmaid]

Awful!

[jackthehat]

Were they done by the same chap who modelled the bust of Ronaldo?

[Old_Geezer]

Must be an early April Fool 😄

[sandyRoe]

I think the sculpture has made a good effort at the Duke, maybe less so with ER.

But you would know who they're supposed to be.

[Old_Geezer]

Nope. Both are unrecognisable and likely a local couple must've been used as the models.

[bhg481]

Awful. It bugs me that both their jackets are buttoned the wrong way. I thought at first that some idiot had printed the photo back-to-front but the Duke's hair is parted the right way.

[ToraToraTora]

my first thought was: who is it meant to be?

[sandyRoe]

I suppose it's on a par with the Rolf Harris portrait of ER.

I wonder where that is now?

[david small]

Me no like.

[THECORBYLOON]

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13837149/amp/bronze-sculpture-supposed-depict-Queen-Elizabeth-II-Prince-Philip.html

That link shows there are a couple of corgis with them and the dogs look a bit big to me.

[THECORBYLOON]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13837149/amp/bronze-sculpture-supposed-depict-Queen-Elizabeth-II-Prince-Philip.html

 

[andres]

Terrible .

[davebro3]

it's pretty awful but I don't really care

[ynnafymmi]

Only good thing to come out of this is SinnFein/IRA will try to blow it up as soon as possible.

[Khandro]

n. I sent your link to a sculptor friend in Santa Fe, he's just replied: "Melt it down !"

[naomi24]

Best thing for it, khandro.

[Peter Pedant]

damn; misread as 'status'

Like HRH = I thoght Harry and Andrew might have been bagged up as - His ponciness

statue - looks like two old people going to a car boot ..... how cruel

[jourdain2]

Can't say I like it. The likenesses are not very good and the Queen looks to be 'doing an Ada & Cissie' (the late Les Dawson & Roy Barraclough) when they plumped up their bosoms.