- Committee will consider Her Late Majesty's life of public service and make recommendations for a permanent memorial and national legacy programme.
- Appointees include Baroness Valerie Amos LG CH PC, Dame Amelia Fawcett DBE CVO and Sir William Shawcross CVO.
SENIOR figures from across British public life have been appointed to the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee, the Cabinet Office has announced.
Seven people have been appointed to the Committee responsible for recommending proposals for a permanent memorial and legacy programme to remember Queen Elizabeth II. These new appointments follow the announcement of Lord Janvrin, former Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth, as Chair last year.
The new appointees are:
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Baroness Valerie Amos LG CH PC
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Dame Amelia Fawcett DBE CVO
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Joe Garner
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Alex Holmes
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Anna Keay OBE
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Sandy Nairne CBE FSA
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Sir William Shawcross CVO
Each member will bring unique knowledge and experience to the project. Further appointments will be made to the Committee in due course, to provide particular expertise and advice.
The Committee will meet for the first time this month.
Over the next two years the Committee will consider Her Late Majesty's life of public service throughout her long reign and the causes she supported. In doing this they will also engage with the public to ensure ideas and suggestions from across the whole of society are captured.
One of the Committee's first activities will be to engage and consult with experts in relevant fields in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to ensure expertise from across the UK is shared.
The plans will be unveiled to coincide with what would have been Queen Elizabeth's hundredth birthday year in 2026.
The UK Government will support the successful proposals, and will work closely with the Committee as proposals develop.
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said:
For seventy years Queen Elizabeth II was our greatest public servant and it is fitting that we develop a lasting memorial to her legacy. These new committee members bring a range of unique expertise and experience to this important project.
Committee Chair Lord Janvrin said:
These appointments bring together a very talented group of people with a wide range of expertise, experience and contacts to manage this important national project. I very much look forward to working with them.
