School children are being asked to create a portrait of the Queen to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee.

Dartford MP Gareth Johnson has set up a competition for primary school children in the borough.

Each school will judge its own entries and choose two winners. All the winning pictures will be displayed at Bluewater in the last week of May and first week of June.

Mr Johnson said: “Her Majesty The Queen is the only monarch to have served as Queen for 70 years.

“Her dedication, loyalty and commitment is without equal. During her reign not only has she seen 14 Prime Ministers, starting with Sir Winston Churchill, but she has lived through some of the biggest technological changes the world has seen,

“Her Majesty’s sense of duty in her role and her work ethic has been unflinching throughout my life and for the past 70 years.

“I am delighted so many schools have signed up to take part in this competition and I can’t wait to see all the pictures created by our youngest residents and I hope people will visit Bluewater to see the winning entries when they are displayed there later this year.”