A renowned sculptor who will create a statue of Queen Elizabeth II for her national memorial said he doesn't have an idea of how it will look.
Martin Jennings, who has also portrayed the Queen Mother and the King in past works, will create the statue for a new civic space called Queen Elizabeth II Place at Marlborough Gate in St James's Park, close to Buckingham Palace.
Architect Lord Foster won the bid to design the national memorial, which will also feature a new Prince Philip Gate on the other side of the park on Birdcage Walk with a statue of the Queen's late husband, as well as a 'family of gardens', meandering paths and a new translucent, glass unity bridge.
Mr Jennings said: 'At this stage we haven't defined an idea for it. Intentionally it was planned that there would be discussions about how to represent her.
'I was appointed more on the basis of my past work than in response to a particular design.
