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on the 8-foot canvas was the subject of thousands of memes and TikTok videos. It was a reaction the artist, who has painted several members of the royal family during his career, had not anticipated.
In this week’s A Right Royal Podcast, which you can listen to below, host Andrea Caamano and HELLO!’s royal editor Emily Nash had the pleasure of catching up with the renowned artist to talk about his painting, which was four years in the making. We got the lowdown on some of the hilarious reactions that entertained the world – and his two daughters, and what the King really thought of it.
Why the use of red? The painter explains: “That was something I'd made an early decision to try out. Because I thought it was an interesting colour and you want it to be interesting.The King officially unveiled the portrait at Buckingham Palace with Queen Camilla by his side Did he know the use of the colour would be so divisive? “I didn't think it was a risky thing to do, I thought it was an interesting colour,” he says.“It was a more formal commission than I'm used to," adds Jonathan of the high-profile job. The painter was given a specific size by The Drapers Company "because I had to match some other royal portraits they have in their hall".
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