Following the Queen’s passing, royal admirers have flocked to tattoo studios to pay their respects.
According to one tattoo parlour in Windsor, the Coldstream Guards, who are well-represented in the area, have often asked them to “immortalise Her Majesty for their remembrance.”
They uploaded a picture of a tattoo on the internet, which features the Queen bowing while wearing a medal on her breast and a military uniform. With the exception of the flare of red from the feather on her cap, it exclusively uses black ink to show the late queen.
A popular choice for tribute tattoos is the Queen hand-in-hand with the endearing bear from Peru, Paddington.
The inscription on a tattoo of the Queen on a man’s shaved leg, which features an image of Her Majesty wearing a pea-green coat, says, “Well that’s that done, tea?”
Since Her Majesty’s passing, the viral Eleanor Tomlinson image has been a popular source of inspiration for tattoo artists and their customers.
As one of her cherished corgis, who seems to have mischievously gone off with some bunting, rejoins them at her side, Paddington Bear is seen clutching her hand.
A marmalade sandwich that the Queen amusingly took out of her purse for a skit with Paddington Bear during the Platinum Jubilee has also been left behind.
One customer decided to wrap his leg with a black ink drawing of the late queen when she was younger, set against a striking union jack.
With her tiara, a set of stud earrings, and a black outfit that starts just below her shoulders before fading away, she is shown.
On the side of one client’s shin, there was a tattoo that stated, “I’ve done my responsibilities Paddington, please take me to my spouse.”
The well-known red bolt that Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie’s alter persona, wore across his face, was merged into another tattoo of Her Majesty.
The Queen was shown as a stencil in black ink with a lightning-bolt-shaped splash of crimson and blue over her face.
The Queen’s bust picture is inked on a tattoo that was just completed yesterday, and her royal cypher, EIIR, is inscribed at the bottom of the big image of the Queen.
Brandan Roberts, a tattoo artist, said, “Just finished today very red but I’m happy with the outcome.”
Additionally, Her Majesty was shown with a tattoo herself and wearing sunglasses across the upper left side of a man’s chest.
Under a simple string of pearls, the tattoo artist added a pink rose across the late monarch’s shoulder.
The Queen is shown to be wearing a pastel-pink dress and looking back at us behind a pair of shades.
In the backdrop is a Union Jack that looks to have been given a watercolour touch by the painters, with silhouettes of iconic London sites including Big Ben and
The homage to Her Majesty by Magpie Tattoo Studio portrays the Queen wearing what looks to be a portrayal of the crown worn by the Queen during her coronation.
She is also surrounded by tall-stemmed fuchsia and blue flowers with a magenta watercolour-effect backdrop, with her sceptre carrying a big jewel behind her.