Queen Elizabeth II

July 29th, 1981

Her Royal Highness The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinbburgh. London, September 25, 1951.

HM Queen Elizabeth II.

1 March 2012 | Queen Elizabeth II views a display of iced cakes while visiting Fortnum & Mason store in London, England. Together with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Queen Elizabeth II met military personnel and staff, viewed the store's Diamond Jubilee product ranges and unveiled a plaque for the restoration of Piccadilly. (c) Toby Melville - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Remembering Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who was born #onthisday in 1926.

Today marks what would have been Queen Elizabeth II's 98th birthday, and to mark the occasion, a new statue of her surrounded by her beloved corgis has been unveiled in Rutland's county town of Oakham.

The statue is the first to be commissioned since her death in September 2022, and is set to be a permanent fixture paying tribute to England's longest reigning monarch. The 7ft (2.1m) bronze statue features a somewhat younger Queen Elizabeth II in her crown and what appears to be robes of the Order of the Thistle, surrounded by four adoring corgis.

On display outside Oakham Library, the artwork was commissioned by the Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland, Dr. Sarah Furness, told Oakham Nub News it was in response to the "depth of loss felt in Rutland on the late Queen's death".

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Princess Elizabeth posed for her 21st birthday pictures at the Royal Natal National Park in South Africa.

June 22, 1939: The Royal Family on board the Empress of Britain. The liner brought the King and Queen home after their successful tour of Canada & the USA and was the site of their happy reunion with the Princesses. Photos by Leslie Willoughby

Royal Corgi watching over Royal Family

11 June 2011 | Queen Elizabeth ll and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh attend the Trooping The Colour Ceremony in London, United Kingdom.

27 February 2013 | Queen Elizabeth II looks on during her tour to open the new Royal London Hospital building and the new National Centre for Bowel Research and Surgical Innovation in London, England. (c) Ian Gavan - WPA Pool/Getty Images

HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip at a ball in The Grandmaster's Palace, Valletta 1954.