New Coronation portrait shows King Charles III with his two direct heirs – Royal Central


Hugo Burnand/ Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace has released two new additional images from the Coronation.

The first photo features King Charles III with his two heirs: the Prince of Wales and Prince George.

The image was taken in the Throne Room with the King in full regalia, wearing the Robe of Estate and Imperial State Crown; he is sitting in a throne chair made for the 1902 Coronation of King George V.

Hugo Burnand/ Buckingham Palace

His Majesty is pictured holding the Sovereign’s Orb and Sovereign’s Sceptre with Cross.

Prince George, 9, is the first future monarch to actively take part in a coronation; the young royal served as a Page of Honour for his grandfather during his 6 May Coronation at Westminster Abbey.

Hugo Burnand/ Buckingham Palace

The second photograph shows King Charles and Queen Camilla with their Pages of Honour and Ladies in Attendance in the Throne Room.

Their Majesties are seen wearing their Robes of Estate; King Charles is photographed in the Imperial State Crown, while Queen Camilla wears Queen Mary’s Crown.

Featured in the photo are Ralph Tollemache, The Lord Oliver Cholmondeley, Nicholas Barclay, Prince George of Wales, The Marchioness of Lansdowne, His Majesty The King, Her Majesty The Queen, Annabel Elliot, Freddy Parker Bowles, Arthur Elliot, Gus Lopes and Louis Lopes. Freddy Parker Bowles, Gus Lopes and Louis Lopes are the grandsons of Queen Camilla.

Both images were taken by Hugo Burnand.



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