Children's self-portraits projected on palace

A giant image of the Queen made up of thousands of self-portraits of children has been projected on to Buckingham Palace.

The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts is behind the project to celebrate young people in the lead up to the Diamond Jubilee and the London's Olympic and Paralympic Games.

More than 200,000 self-portraits have been used to create the picture of the Queen, which will be displayed on the front of the palace each night until Saturday as part of the Face Britain project.

Children aged four to 16 were asked to produce their own self-portraits using drawing, textiles, 3D, painting, graphics, and photography.

The entire front of the palace is being covered with animated images and effects, including two 15x10 metre images of the Queen, through the use of 24 video projectors.

The Face Britain project runs from 8.30pm to 11.15pm until Saturday.

The self-portraits which create the Queen's image will be simultaneously screened on big screens in 18 locations across the UK, as well as some train stations and shopping centres.

Celebrities including Adele, Jamie Oliver and Sir Cliff Richard have backed the project by donating their own self-portraits which will be auctioned online from May 3.

Christie's auction house will also host a gala dinner on May 9, with self-portraits donated by the Prince of Wales and a host of well-known artists.

The children's self-portraits which have created the Queen's image will then be stored by the

British Library.