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Mont Orgueil Castle has opened its doors to all islanders for free this weekend to allow them to view the famous 3D holographic portrait of the Queen and pay their respects.
Jersey Heritage commissioned 'Equanimity', as the portrait (pictured top) is known, in 2003 on behalf of the island to mark 800 years of Jersey's allegiance to the Crown.
Artist Chris Levine and holographer Rob Munday worked together to create the work, which involved more than 10,000 images and 3D data-sets taken of Her Majesty during two sittings several months apart in the Yellow Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace.
The Prince of Wales unveiled the work at the Jersey Museum in June 2004, and in 2012, it was put on display at Gorey Castle.
At a Special Sitting of the States Assembly yesterday, Minister with responsibility for the Arts, Deputy Kirsten Morel, announced that the Castle would be open to the public all weekend to allow islanders to visit the portrait and pay tribute.
Having reflected on his fondness of how the Queen, who was unable to express herself publicly in a political way, would sometimes use clothing and broaches to convey her thoughts with "subtlety and grace", Deputy Morel moved onto the portrait commissioned by Jersey Heritage.
Video: Deputy Morel making the announcement that Mont Orgeuil will be open to the public for free this weekend.
He described it as a "stunning portrait that captures the likeness of the Queen in a most unusual manner" and said it has a "depth" that reflects her own character, one of "wisdom" and "constant calm".
He said that he was "pleased" to inform the States Assembly that, following a suggestion of the Bailiff, who is a patron of Jersey Heritage, Jersey Heritage had agreed to make it free to visit, enabling them to "pay their respects in a building that has represented the island's allegiance to the Crown for many centuries."
Also on display will be the 'Lightness of Being' - an ethereal 'outtake' in which the Queen's eyes are closed.
Mont Orgueil Castle is open from 10:00 to 17:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
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