Queen Victoria Statue

This marble statue stands as a deeply personal tribute to Queen Victoria, crafted by her own daughter, Princess Louise. While many monuments to the Queen show her as an elderly monarch, this work captures her as an eighteen-year-old girl in her coronation robes, commemorating the exact age she was when she lived in the palace directly behind you and first learned she had become queen. Louise was a talented sculptor who maintained a private studio nearby on the palace grounds, and she famously submitted her design for this monument anonymously to ensure it was judged solely on its artistic merit.