Cambridge council orders removal of ‘poorest quality’ statue of Prince Philip

Cambridge council orders removal of ‘poorest quality’ statue of Prince Philip

£150,000 abstract sculpture described as worst ever submitted had been erected without planning permission

A faceless sculpture of Prince Philip, once described by a council planner as “possibly the poorest quality work” ever submitted, will be taken down years after it was erected without planning permission.

Standing outside a drab Cambridge office block, the 4-metre bronze statue depicted the late queen’s husband in academic robes with an abstract face resembling a twisted owl mask.

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