Is this the worst tribute so far to Queen Elizabeth II?

An official tribute to the late, much-missed Queen Elizabeth II will, in years to come, be unveiled in London’s St James’s Park. But progress on the memorial is far from speedy. The design of the statue or sculpture will not be revealed by the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee until 2026. Even then, there is every chance that something dreadfully inappropriate or misjudged will end up being chosen. After all, memorial statues have the potential to go hideously wrong, as the latest example – a sculpture of the late Queen, Prince Philip and two corgis – recently unveiled in Antrim County Gardens in Belfast, has so unfortunately demonstrated.

Its sculptor Anthony ‘Anto’ Brennan has had a successful career designing artworks that reflect the political world of his native Northern Ireland. For £450, you can purchase a chess set based on the Good Friday Agreement, complete with grinning caricatures of Mo Mowlam, Ian Paisley et al.