The main tower of the Supreme Court (formerly Middlesex Guildhall) has an arch of figures by Henry Fehr with Britannia (unusually with a sword rather than a trident) flanked by (from left) Architecture, Literature, Government, Music, Truth, Law and Shipping, a heterogeneous but virtuous group. Above them stands St George.
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That's the Sword of Truth that Britannia is carrying, meaning that she's less the embodiment of the Nation here but representing British Lawmaking - although interestingly not British Justice as there are no Scales of Evidence.
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