Bronze statue to remember Diana

The statue will not be ready for at least another year

Plans for a more traditional memorial to Diana, Princess of Wales than the troubled fountain, have been unveiled.

Sculptor Nigel Boonham has designed a 10-ft bronze statue of her which is expected to stand in a court yard at County Hall, on London's South Bank.

Mr Boonham says the figure represents Diana's charity work, showing her dressed in a long gown.

The memorial fountain in Hyde Park was closed temporarily after a number of people slipped and hurt themselves.

Mr Boonham, vice-president of the Society of Portrait Sculptors said: "I wanted to portray Diana doing her charity and patronage work.

"It really just commemorates her good works. Nobody seems to be doing that.

"They have forgotten how good she was with Aids and land mines."

Permission for the sculpture to be located at County Hall is expected to be given in the next few weeks.

But the statue will not be in place for more than a year as it will take at least another 12 months to complete.