{"id":623,"date":"2024-09-11T08:26:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T08:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/?p=623"},"modified":"2025-04-25T23:33:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T23:33:27","slug":"new-statue-of-the-queen-and-prince-philip-has-seriously-divided-the-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.highschoolhypnotist.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/11\/new-statue-of-the-queen-and-prince-philip-has-seriously-divided-the-room\/","title":{"rendered":"New statue of the Queen and Prince Philip has seriously divided the room"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The statue depicts the Queen, her husband and two of her corgis (Picture: Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new statue of the late Queen Elizabeth<\/a>, her husband Prince Philip<\/a> and her beloved corgis has divided opinion in Northern Ireland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The statue, created by Belfast<\/a>-based artist Anto Brennan, was unveiled in Antrim Castle Gardens this weekend.<\/p>\n

Local councillor Vera McWilliam told the BBC<\/a>: ‘We have to be honest, it does not resemble the queen in any shape or form.’<\/p>\n

Reviews of the bronze statue have been mixed, to say the least, with one local saying ‘whoever signed that off needs their eyes tested’.<\/p>\n

Tourists who were visiting the castle from El Salvador said the statue was a good thing to remember the queen, but said it didn’t look like her.<\/p>\n

Cheryl and Gordon told the BBC they liked the sculpture, but added: ‘I wouldn\u2019t have noticed that it didn\u2019t look like the queen but with seeing it on Facebook and now that I see it yes, it probably isn\u2019t a true reflection of her.<\/p>\n

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Sculptor Anto Brennan created the impressive statue – but not everyone is a fan (Picture: Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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One onlooker said the face isn’t a ‘true reflection’ (Picture: Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘It’s just the face, the rest of the character of her looks correct but the face is maybe not a true reflection of her.<\/p>\n

‘It is what it is, we all know who she is and what it\u2019s meant to be so I would just leave it the way it is.’<\/p>\n

Last year, a statue of Prince Philip was torn down by the council after being slammed as looking nothing like him.<\/p>\n

Standing outside a bland office block, the bronze bust was erected without planning permission to commemorate Philip\u2019s 35 years as university chancellor of Cambridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The reception to it <\/a>was so, so bad not a single artist has ever owned up to making it.<\/p>\n

One such artist, Uruguayan sculptor Pablo Atchugarry, said it was \u2018an abuse\u2019 to suggest he was behind it.<\/p>\n

The city planning committee deemed <\/a>it a \u2018confusing\u2019 eyesore that doesn\u2019t fit in with the local area.<\/p>\n

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

For more stories like this, <\/strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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