Google Maps quietly removes much-loved feature after the Queen’s death

The Queen’s cute stick determine will now not seem on Google Maps (Google Maps / Getty)

A unusual and beloved characteristic of Google Maps has quietly been retired following the dying of Queen Elizabeth II.

The characteristic was a small Easter Egg on the mapping service that ocurred each time a consumer activated Road View round Buckingham Palace.

Since 2015, the standard yellow ‘Pegman’ that Google used to indicated Road View would remodel right into a cartoon model of the Queen.

Pegman would don a royal gown and crown to resemble the monarch, which Google lovingly dubbed ‘PegMa’am’.

Sadly, within the wake of the Queen’s dying, Google has determined to quietly take away the characteristic.

It was first picked up by sleuths on Reddit, who observed the Queen’s likeness now not appeared.

In addition to Buckingham Palace, the PegMa’am determine would additionally seem round Windsor Fortress and Balmoral Fortress in Scotland.

However no extra.

Google added this in 2015 to have fun the Queen’s record-breaking rule (Credit score: Google)

The little change to Pegman was first launched in 2015, in honour of the Queen turning into the longest-serving monarch in UK historical past.

There are a number of different particular Pegman replacements at different factors of curiosity world wide.

For instance, if you happen to use Road View round Loch Ness, Pegman modifications into slightly model of Nessie. Or if you happen to hover across the web site of Space 51 within the Nevada desert, it turns into a tiny UFO.

For now although, anybody utilizing Road View across the royal residences will merely see Pegman in his traditional yellow kind.

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