Boudica

Boudica was a queen of the Iceni tribe of East Anglia who led an uprising of the tribes against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire.
It was in the Victorian era that Boudica's fame took on legendary proportions as Queen Victoria's "namesake".
A great bronze statue of Boudica with her daughters in her war chariot was commissioned by Prince Albert and executed by Thomas Thornycroft. It was completed in 1905 and stands next to Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament.


Ironically, the great anti-imperialist rebel is now identified with the head of the British Empire, and her statue stands guard over a city she razed to the ground...