National Gallery will mark centenary of Freud’s birth by bringing together his most important works
It was hailed by the Guardian as the finest royal portrait for 150 years. Others thought it made the Queen look like a rugby prop forward or one of her corgis.
More than two decades since it was revealed to a blizzard of praise and derision, Lucian Freud’s portrait of Queen Elizabeth II will get people talking once more when it features in a National Gallery exhibition next year.