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Giant lily pads, a bronze tree among ideas for Queen Elizabeth II's memorial

Giant lily pads, a bronze tree among ideas for Queen Elizabeth II's memorial

What could be a better memorial to Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, than a pod of faintly psychedelic giant lily pads? Perhaps a big bronze tree or a recording of the late monarch's voice.

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