A Scots dad who got a tribute tattoo of the Queen with Paddington Bear following the monarch's death has been ruthlessly mocked online for the "rubbish" design. Jon Malvern, who runs Tattoo Central in Benidorm, inked the image on the customer's calf on Monday, September 12.

The man's wife posted a picture of the tattoo to a Benidorm Facebook group, with the inking quickly going viral online. Created by illustrator Eleanor Tomlinson, the drawing features the Queen holding hands with Paddington Bear. Her famous corgi is also by her side, with the words "Well that's that done, tea?" above, the Daily Star reports.

Jon, who is originally from Wallsend in Newcastle, explained that the client brought in the drawing for him to tattoo on his leg. He said: "It's very common in this industry to have requests for tribute tattoos after a well-known person passes away.

"I normally shy away from them because I don't like to make money off other people's misfortune. So when I got the request, I said I wouldn't make money from it.

"On the day of the funeral, I will close the shop and use the money from the reduced-price tattoo to buy flowers to put outside of the shop."

The inking features Her Majesty's famous corgi and the words 'Well that's that done, tea?'.
The inking features Her Majesty's famous corgi and the words 'Well that's that done, tea?'. 

The 39-year-old added that "being patriotic isn’t a crime." The photo, which has racked up over five thousand likes and five hundred comments on Facebook, as well as going viral on Twitter, has divided people.

And responding to the negative comments, the man's daughter came out fighting. She wrote on the original post from her mother: "This is my dad’s tattoo. one thing to be said, there’s no need to comment anything that’s mean/hurtful.