Terence Kearley, 3rd Viscount Devonport, has commissioned sculptor Simon Hitchens to build a 180 ft-tall monument called the Elizabeth Landmark to celebrate the Queen's reign. The statue will be unveiled in London on June 8, and is expected to cost £1.5 million ($2 million). The 85 m-long column will look like a slice of the earth, and aims to reflect the mining heritage of the North. The aristocrat now plans to approach Buckingham Palace with a request for the Queen to inaugurate the steel structure.
Terence Kearley, 3rd Viscount Devonport, has commissioned sculptor Simon Hitchens to build a 180 ft-tall monument called the Elizabeth Landmark to celebrate the Queen's reign. The landowner chose Royal Society sculptor Hitchens to create the $2.6m hilltop work, which is a 200-ton column designed to align with the sun during the summer equinox. The 85 m-long column will look like a slice of the earth, and aims to reflect the mining heritage of the North. The aristocrat now plans to approach Buckingham Palace with a request for the Queen to inaugurate the steel structure.