The Queen’s Elizabeth II has been dead for two years. It is customary for all levels of government and public places in Britain to replace the Queen’s portrait with the official portrait of the new King Charles III. But many officials said it was unacceptable that the queen’s portrait would be“Mothballed”.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC-RRB- reported on the 8th that BritishtCabinetiOfficefice issued a circularMay may this year, told local governments, schools, hospitals, churches and other public institutions can receive free framed portraits of the king. The councils of the Northern Irish cities of Amar, Bainbridge and Craigavon held a working meeting just a few months ago to discuss the replacement of portraits, there was no objection to the display of the portrait of King Charles.
But in early September, several city councillors were divided over the placement of the late Queen’s portrait. Kate, a member of Parliament for ?lst’s ruling coalition party, said the Queen’s portrait should not be Elizabeth II because she is the country’s longest-serving monarch, his portrait“Deserves a better place than a storage unit”. This view was echoed by many colleagues who felt that the old photos could have been displayed elsewhere. However, there are different views that, given the Queen’s death, the portrait is not suitable for hanging in public places with high pedestrian flow. Discussions ended in a stalemate, with the city council agreeing to“Continue the search for a more suitable place for resettlement” pending further assessment.
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The BBC understands that municipalities in other parts of Northern Ireland are also reluctant to remove the Queen’s portrait from their shelves. For example, “The portrait of the Queen should be fully respected and not forgotten in a warehouse,” the regional councils of Aziz and Kitang said in a statement after removing the portrait, while the city councils of Antrim and Abbey, Newtown, moved it from the mayor’s office to the drawing room, other government agencies have given portraits to churches or displayed them in wealthy neighborhoods.
According to the media, the British government for the placement of the portrait of the monarch has no hard and fast rules, some local government agencies still hanging portraits of successive monarchs. But there are also areas where the royal family has never been popular, and states that local councils“Never display portraits of members of the Royal Family”.