Tributes to late Queen are admired

THE King yesterday praised the final design for the national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II as “fantastic”, on what would have been his mother's 100th birthday.

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Charles and Queen Camilla viewed a scale model of the tribute at the British Museum in London yesterday, as well as maquettes of the late monarch and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.

The King told architect Lord Foster: "It's a wonderful idea for the bridge to be based on the Russian fringe tiara, the one that my mama wore at her wedding"

Charles described the memorial, set for St James's Park in central London, as “fantastic”, and praised the idea to add “subtle lighting” at night to the new Queen Elizabeth Bridge, which will replace the capital’s Blue Bridge.

Camilla also remarked on the glass and steel bridge, inspired by the Queen’s wedding tiara also known as the Queen Mary's Fringe Tiara, saying: "I love that bridge. It has a lovely twinkle.”