A bust of Queen Victoria has disappeared from a town in North Wales after more than 130 years. The bronze bust has withstood two world wars and a global pandemic, but it has recently disappeared from ...

A bronze Queen Victoria bust has gone missing from its plinth and is believed to have been stolen.

For 135 years, Queen Victoria gazed imperiously down on Llandudno Pier from her perch in the resort’s Happy Valley gardens. She endured two world wars, watched two National Eisteddfodau and was ...

Image: The Queen Victoria bust overlooked Llandudno pier. Pic: iStock The bust was erected in the town's Happy Valley gardens in 1890 to belatedly commemorate the late monarch's golden jubilee.

A Llandudno councillor ... The bust was located in the town's Happy Valley ornamental garden and its plinth has also been damaged. Atenstaedt said: "It's a symbol of the town I suppose.