Queen Elizabeth statue wanted for Guernsey

OHMYGOSSIP — A statue of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is wanted on the island of Guernsey, with the Culture and Leisure minister Mike O’Hara believing it should be funded by the tax payers.

The Culture and Leisure minister of Guernsey wants a statue of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth to be put up on the island. Deputy Mike O’Hara believes the significant changes being made to the surrounding area of St Peter Port harbour is the perfect opportunity for a public sculpture of the monarch to be erected, which he will address with other organisations to achieve.

He said: “It seems to me that would be a suitable position to have a statue of Queen Elizabeth II. She has to look out on to something proper.

“But that’s something that goes to a much higher level than me and will be discussed by the Royal Chambers, the Bailiff, the Lieutenant Governor and [Buckingham] Palace.”

A statue of former ruler Queen Elizabeth at Candie was put up in 1900, three years after her diamond jubilee, and another of her husband Albert – sculpted by Joseph Durham – also sits on the sea front near Town Church.

Both pieces of art were funded through the State and Mr O’Hara is confident they can use taxpayers’ money again for a third royal figure.

He added to BBC News: “We should, without doubt, look to support that totally from the States’ coffers – which, at the end of the day, of course, is from the taxpayers.”