From The National News UK:
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Queen Elizabeth II’s love of corgis is being celebrated as part of her platinum jubilee with a trail of giant statues of the dogs set up throughout London.
The trail, called The Queen & Her Corgis, comprises 19 giant corgi statues located in public spaces, gardens, stations, lobbies and windows across the Heritage Quarter. This stretches from Victoria Station to the Royal Courts of Justice near Aldwych.
The statues will be in place throughout June and July and visitors can follow clues or a specially designed map to find each of them.
They have been installed as part of the jubilee celebrations in the UK, which begin on Thursday with a four-day weekend celebrating 70 years since Queen Elizabeth’s ascension to the throne.
The statues measure up to two metres in length and each one has been designed by different contemporary artists.
The queen has had corgis by her side since the age of seven when she persuaded her father, George VI, to buy one for the family.
She has also owned several dorgis (a cross resulting from an accidental liaison between one of the queen’s corgis and Princess Margaret’s dachshund) and is a passionate breeder of gun dogs.
Since ascending to the throne, the queen has owned more than 30 dogs.