Memorial planned for the late Queen Elizabeth II

The British government has announced initial plans to build a memorial to Queen Elizabeth II, who died last year. The Queen Elizabeth Committee will consider proposals for the monument and a so-called national legacy program and make recommendations, the Cabinet Office, Britain’s central government agency, said on Sunday. The recognition of Isabel II should, therefore, be revealed in 2026, the year of her 100th birthday.

The new committee is chaired by the Queen’s former private secretary, Robin Janvrin. The member of the British House of Lords classified the appointment as “an honor”. It will be a “unique challenge to capture for future generations the extraordinary contribution” of the late monarch “to our national life during her long reign,” Janvrin said.

High-ranking members of the royal family, politicians and experts will be appointed as members of the committee. The panel will then make its recommendations to King Charles III. and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Elizabeth II died last September, aged 96, after 70 years on the British throne.