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Statue

Queen Elizabeth I - Royal Exchange

Erection date: 1844

Inscription

{On the plinth:}
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Elizabeth I officially opened the Royal Exchange on 23 January 1571, conferring the 'royal' title and awarding a licence to sell alcohol and valuable goods. Consequently this statue was commissioned for the new building, opened in 1844.

Site: Queen Elizabeth I - Royal Exchange (1 memorial)

EC3, Royal Exchange, Engel bar/restaurant - mezzanine

Two statues at the Royal Exchange, this one and a statue of Charles II, are little known but still on public view, sort of.  They (and the murals) are visible from the back of a large U-shaped restaurant on the inserted mezzanine floor . You have to go up a flight of stairs branded for the Engel bar/restaurant (at least, that was the operator when we visited in 2025), explain that you are not a customer, just a nosy person, and, if our experience is repeated, you will be left alone to wander at will.  Best to go outside their busy times, or you'll be asking diners to move aside.

The niches in which the statues stand are clearly shown on the plan of the ground floor at .

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Queen Elizabeth I - Royal Exchange

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Queen Elizabeth I

Daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Born Greenwich Palace.  Succeede...

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Queen Elizabeth I - Royal Exchange

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M. L. Watson

Born Cumberland.

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