Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother before Elizabeth could officially launch her, and acting sharply, she managed to smash a bottle of Australian red over the liner's bow just before it slid out of reach. In 1954, Queen Elizabeth sailed to New York on her namesake. A statue of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother by sculptor Philip Jackson was unveiled in front of the George VI Memorial, off The Mall, London, on 24 February 2009, creating the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Memorial. In March 2011, her eclectic musical taste was revealed when details of her small record collection kept at the Castle of Mey
Alice Hawkins (statue) unveiled on 4 February 2018, in a ceremony attended by thousands of people, including some of Hawkins' descendants. Alice Hawkins (statue) A statue of suffragette Alice Hawkins is located in Market Square, Leicester, England. The statue, which was funded by a local businessman, is the first statue of a named woman in the county of Leicester. The 7-foot tall, 800-pound bronze statue was created by sculptor Sean Hedges-Quinn and cast in a foundry in London. It stands on a 4-foot granite plinth and was erected near to the spot Hawkins would have stood when she addressed the public on the