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The
King
George
VI
and
Queen
Elizabeth
Memorial,
situated
between
The
Mall
and
Carlton
Gardens
in
central
London,
is
a
memorial
to
King
George
VI
and
his
consort,
Queen
Elizabeth.
Completed
in
its
present
form
in
2009,
the
memorial
incorporates
an
earlier,
Grade
II-listed
statue
of
George
VI
by
William
McMillan,
unveiled
by
his
daughter
Queen
Elizabeth
IIin
1955.
The
reconfigured
memorial,
which
includes
a
statue
of
the
Queen
Mother
by
Philip
Jackson,
relief
sculpture
by
Paul
Day
and
an
architectural
setting
by
Donald
Buttress
and
Donald
Insall,
was
unveiled
by
Elizabeth
II
in
2009.
Statue
of
King
George
VI
The
statue
of
King
George
VI
was
sculpted
in
bronze
by
William
McMillan,
and
depicts
him
in
his
naval
uniform.
The
statue
stands
on
a
base
of
Portland
stone.
The
statue
was
unveiled
by
Elizabeth
II
in
the
presence
of
her
mother
and
other
senior
members
of
the
royal
family.
The
architect
of
the
memorial
was
Louis
de
Soissons.
It
was
feared
that
the
location
of
the
memorial
would
aesthetically
disrupt
The
Mall,
adding
a
further
set
of
steps
so
near
to
the
Duke
of
York
Column,
but
it
was
positively
received
upon
unveiling
on
6
October
1955.
The
statue
was
designated
a
Grade
II-listed
building
on
9
January
1970.
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