The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Frieze & Birthday Panel, 2012 & 2016
From "Remembering Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II"
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Wokingham Art Society wanted to create something very special to mark Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012. It had to involve as many of our townspeople as possible. How to achieve that? A deep blank border was left for their contributions to be added later.
After much planning & debating, Wokingham Art Society's artists painted a 34 metre long & 1 metre high story of the key events of Her Majesty's reign, beginning with the moment she returned from Kenya as Queen Elizabeth II and finishing with the Coronation Crown, St Edward's Crown of 1661 with the Koh-i-Noor Diamond, with 60 years' events in between.
The Diamond Jubilee Frieze was displayed in Wokingham's Town Hall during the week of 3 June 2012. It was a rainy day on the official Bank Holiday, which meant that everyone wanted to come indoors! This served us well! All our visitors wanted to add their little likenesses to the Frieze! In no time, the blank border was full of a crowd of people, watching the events passing by!
In 2016, on the occasion of Her Majesty's 90th Birthday, another 3metre long panel was painted, showing Queen Elizabeth in her youth, at her Wedding & Coronation, with a beautiful portrait at 90 years old.
This, along with the complete Jubilee Frieze, was displayed in the Town Hall on that Bank Holiday to commemorate Her Majesty's 90th Birthday.
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Frieze can now be seen outside Wokingham railway station as an installation of glazed tiles, double-sided and 7 feet tall, which was unveiled in March 2014 by HRH The Duchess of Gloucester.