At some point, thoughts will turn to a monument to the late Queen. She does have an £18.9bn railway line named after her, as well as the former Olympic Park in east London, and some significant bridges and other structures, but there’s also a value in a place where people can go to remember her.
Some apprehension is in order about the likely festival of absurd proposals on the subject, but there is hope. A fraught discussion following the death of Princess Diana eventually led to a memorial fountain in Hyde Park that, once some technical hitches were ironed out, turned out to be rather sweet and lovely.
