Queen Victoria is being given a much-needed deep clean – or at least her statue is anyway.
The famous marble sculpture which greets visitors to Kensington Palace , her childhood home, is undergoing a thorough three-week wash which will see it restored to its refulgent best.
The statue was designed and carved by the Queen’s fourth daughter Princess Louise, a talented artist, and commissioned in 1887 to celebrate her Golden Jubilee. It bears a close likeness to the coronatio… (View original article)