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A statue of the Queen could become a permanent fixture atop the fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square as MPs and Buckingham Palace are set to discuss how to memorialise the late monarch's historic 70-year reign.
There is currently just one full-size statue of Her Majesty in the whole of the UK, which was erected in Windsor Great Park in 2002 to mark the Golden Jubilee.
But any plans for a new tribute will not be revealed until after the official mourning period, with no such discussions taking place ahead of her state funeral on Monday.
'This is something that we do want to consider very carefully in the fullness of time,' a government source told the Times.
Other options being considered include renaming streets, parks, racecourses and even London's Heathrow - the airport where she returned to Britain from Kenya as Queen Elizabeth II following the death of her father George VI in 1952.
But the most likely memorial will be at Trafalgar Square, where the fourth plinth has been deliberately kept vacant for the past 20 years.
There is currently just one full-size statue of Her Majesty in the whole of the UK, which was erected at Windsor Great Park in 2002 to mark the Golden Jubilee
Since 1998, the plinth has seen a succession of often bizarre and quirky art installations - including an enormous ice cream with a fly on it (pictured)
Any plans for a new tribute will not be revealed until after the official
