A bold new portrait of King Charles III is causing quite a range of reactions.
posted to social media platforms“When I started this project, His Majesty The King was still His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, and much like the butterfly I've painted hovering over his shoulder, this portrait has evolved as the subject's role in…The painting depicts the king in the red uniform of the Welsh Guards, of which he was made regimental colonel in 1975, according to a Buckingham Palace press release.
Though the reaction to the portrait within the royal family appears to have been positive — Charles' wife, Camilla, the queen consort, reportedly told Yeo, “Yes, you’ve got him,” according to the “I’m sorry but his portrait looks like he’s in hell,” one person wrote in the comments of the royal family’s Others had a more mixed reaction to Yeo’s work.
The portrait, which will hang in London's Drapers' Hall, was commissioned in 2020 to celebrate the then Prince of Wales’s 50 years as a member of The Drapers’ Company in 2022, Buckingham Palace explained.
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