Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh have gone the same way as William Ewart Gladstone and Margaret Thatcher at No 10 Downing Street, the residence of the British Prime Minister.
Paintings of the first two are no longer hanging at No 10, with both replaced by paintings by Dame Paula Rego, the late Portuguese-born artist. While Rego eventually made the UK her home and Portugal is the UK's oldest ally, the replacement of the paintings depicting key figures from British history in a room used for prime ministerial meetings with world leaders has drawn criticism from Starmer's political opponents, notes the Daily Telegraph.
