ROBERT HARDMAN: Having seen the new structure with my own eyes yesterday, I have no doubt that those mourning a loved one will find great solace and also a sense of national recognition.
Boris Johnson yesterday backed plans for a national Covid memorial at St Paul’s Cathedral, telling the Commons it would be a ‘fitting place of reflection’.
The Prime Minister announced the creation of a commission to examine ways for the nation to remember the victims of the ‘gravest crisis since the Second World War’.
And he specifically praised plans backed by the Daily Mail to create a magnificent memorial at the cathedral in central London.
Mr Johnson told MPs there was a ‘solemn duty on our whole United Kingdom to come together and cherish the memories of those who have been lost’. He said he had been ‘deeply moved’ by a late night visit to the Covid memorial wall mural opposite Parliament earlier this month.
Help us remember the loved ones we lost: Magnificent memorial to 127,000 Covid victims is to be built in St Paul s Cathedral - with your help
The Daily Mail has launched a campaign to create a memorial to every life lost during the pandemic
The idea has been endorsed by Prince Charles, faith leaders and by grieving family members of those lost
A chapel inside St Paul s Cathedral will have screens that are showing a virtual book of remembrance