But the fourth has stood empty since King William IV died without leaving enough funds to have his own statue erected, and no one else stepped in. Celebrate the moment Members of the public were invited by the panel to make suggestions and those put forward included David Beckham, Winnie the Pooh and a stiletto shoe. The plinth has recently been occupied by temporary exhibits including Mark Wallinger's Ecce Homo and the current Regardless Of History by Bill Woodrow. Rachel Whiteread will have her work Plinth installed from the autumn until spring, an upturned cast of the plinth itself. One further suggestion the panel is keen to push forward is a monument to slavery for the year 2007, marking the 200th anniversary of the bill to abolish the practice in this country.
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