Tuesday

Rolf Paints The Queen

Television artist Rolf Harris has unveiled his portrait of the Queen at Buckingham Palace. The portrait, commissioned to mark the monarch's 80th birthday next year, is said to be an "impressionistic", rather than a "photographic", representation. "I'm not making any claims that this is the greatest painting in the world," said Harris, who trained as an artist, "I've done the best I can." Irish Art