BBCNEWS BBC News Special June 4, 2024 14:48:00
And so my right hand remained steady and i continued with the work. after nine more sittings, the portrait, commissioned by the borough of colchester, was unveiled at the national portrait gallery. it was a labour of love, and i enjoyed every single second of agonising over that picture. i so wanted to get it right. i mean, it was a huge privilege to spend so much time with the queen, and she was terribly generous with her time. we all knew the queen was 96 and getting increasingly frail. but her passing was so quick, none of us were prepared for that, and coupled with the fact that it was my ...