King Charles has unveiled the first completed official portrait of himself since The Coronation, painted by renowned artist Jonathan Yeo. The portrait was commissioned in 2020 to celebrate the then Prince of Wales’s 50 years as a member of The Drapers’ Company. The portrait depicts His Majesty wearing the uniform of the Welsh Guards, of which he was made Regimental Colonel in 1975. The canvas was carefully considered to fit within the architecture of Drapers’ Hall and the context of the paintings it will eventually hang alongside. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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01:05 >> It's a joy and honor to be here.
01:07 I think on behalf of everyone, that's a pretty safe say.
01:11 And I just thank the Drapers for giving me this lovely opportunity to do this.
01:17 And William Charney for the work of instigating it.
01:21 But above all, to the subject for trusting me with it and giving me so much of his time.
01:28 And people often say, is there a secret to doing a good portrait?
01:35 And I used to say, well, I don't know really.
01:39 But actually, I think there is one.
01:40 And that's basically how an interesting subject to start with.
01:43 And we couldn't ask for a better one than this, other than Her Majesty, who said --
01:48 [ Laughter ]
01:50 -- years ago.
01:51 >> Very careful.
01:52 >> I won't bang on that picture, except to explain two bits of artistic license I took while doing it.
02:00 One is the color, obviously, which you probably noticed.
02:03 And which was inspired by the bright red tunic of the Welsh Guards.
02:08 And then the other thing is the butterfly.
02:12 And that -- well, I'd love to take full credit for that.
02:17 It was actually the subject's idea.
02:19 And I think so it's a little sort of visual device.
02:22 And then when he changed jobs halfway through the process, then it had added resonance.
02:30 Because you have the butterfly in art history times as the symbol of the metamorphosis.
02:35 >> So we've got a spot for it to hang.
02:37 >> Well, Mr. Philip Mould is going to house it for two months to deal with all the amazing publicity.
02:45 And I'm afraid so, but we're moving your mother's portrait.
02:50 >> So where do you put it?
02:52 >> She'll move into the courtroom.
02:53 >> There is some left there.
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