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Neil Shaw

Royal fan spends £1,400 getting Queen tattooed onto his thigh

A royal fan has spent £1.4k on a leg tattoo - showing the Queen as both a young and old woman. Graham Wilson, 54, booked to get the ink done following the monarch's death last ThursdayHe says he wanted to pay tribute to her - and after hearing of a cancellation at his favourite tattoo parlour, knew it was "meant to be".

Graham spent a total of 14 hours getting the design done at Township Tattoo - at a cost of £1,400. He said: "I absolutely love it. I’m ecstatic and so proud of it.

“I loved the Queen, you could really relate to her no matter who you are. She’s iconic and I just wanted to pay homage to her. When I was watching the news I just knew suddenly it was what I wanted to do, and Beth [the tattooist] had a cancellation so it was meant to be.

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