Prue Leith, who says her proudest achievement was turning the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square into a showcase for contemporary art, is resisting calls to make it a permanent statue for the Queen.
In an interview for the Guardian, the Bake Off judge was wary of a compromise plan to create a fifth plinth to allow modern sculpture to continue to be exhibited in the square if it was decided to place a statue of the Queen on the fourth plinth.
