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The master plan for our proposal. Is a representation, very physically of what our research seemed to say, that the Queen really stood for togetherness and unity came across more than anything. Nothing symbolizes unity in a way more than the two banks of a piece of water and a bridge that brings people together. And the idea of the Queen, the heart of the master plan in the middle of Saint James Park, we couldn't really shake that off for me, my love of. Plants and drawing inspiration through nature brings that natural kind of connection with the Queen's femininity. The heart of our project is the celebrating the longest reigning monarch. We've had 70 years on the throne. So the project is broken down into 70 reflections and they're symbolized as these 70 lilies that symbolize hidden strength and grace working with the lilypad. People read different things into it, so as you walk past it, the heavy carving will be constantly changing with the light reflecting and choosing. Stone it. I mean, it's a beautiful material. It's creating something that will look beautiful as it ages as well. She lived an extraordinary life and it felt that we have to reflect her with an extraordinary monument.