How Duchess of York fell in love with Co Antrim artist’s Christmas bauble Queen tribute

Fergie ordered 400 of the decorations featuring jubilee scene with Paddington Bear

Baubles featuring portrait of the late Queen meeting Paddington Bear

Stephanie Bell

A Co Antrim artist whose portrait of the late Queen meeting Paddington Bear went viral in December has now created a commemorative tribute to Pope Benedict.

Sonya Bacon-McKay (50) still can’t quite believe how her business took off when she decided to put her painting of the now iconic scene filmed to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on a Christmas bauble.