LONDON (AP) --- A stained glass window by artist David Hockney, based on a design he sketched on an iPad, was unveiled Wednesday amid the marble and monuments of London's ancient Westminster Abbey. The Queen's Window was commissioned to celebrate the long reign of Queen Elizabeth II and depicts a landscape of blossoming hawthorn trees in hues of blue, green, yellow, orange, pink and red. The 81-year-old British artist, known for his depictions of sun-dappled Los Angeles swimming pools and wooded English hills, took inspiration from the monarch's love of the countryside and the landscape of his native county of Yorkshire. The window above the abbey's north transept is a strik...
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