The is York Minster.
This statue of Queen Elizabeth was planned five years ago and had originally been intended to celebrate the queen’s platinum jubilee.
It was finished in August, a month before she died.
The majestic statue by Richard Bossons, 52, shows the queen in her robes of the Order of the Garter and has been installed above the West Front entrance of the 850-year-old building.
It stands seven feet tall and weighs 1.1 tons.
The sculptor was chosen in a special competition.
A stonemason, he has worked at York Minster for 11 years and previously specialized in cathedral gargoyles.
The monument is his first ever portrait.
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