The Illustrated King Charles III
The Illustrated King Charles III is our insider view of the coronation with live coverage of the events of the day, insights from experts on the Royal Family and exclusive archive material.
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The Illustrated Coronation Edition King Charles III
The Illustrated Coronation Edition is the first dedicated Coronation edition to be published in 2023. In addition to the new portrait, it contains rare archive material of the former Prince of Wales and coronations though the ages.
You can now order a print of the portrait through our partners at the Mary Evans Picture Library. Click the button below to go to their website.
The Portrait
The Illustrated Coronation Edition is the first dedicated Coronation edition to be published in 2023. In addition to the new portrait, it contains rare archive material of the former Prince of Wales and coronations though the ages.
The front cover shows the specially commissioned portrait of His Majesty King Charles III. The portrait was painted in oils by the artist Alastair Barford, a former QEST scholar (Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust) and is the first portrait to be released since the change of reign and among the first to be commissioned.
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The Artist
The Illustrated London News is proud to commission this stunning new portrait of King Charles III. It is painted in oils by the talented artist Alastair Barford, a QEST Scholar, after attending a reception at Buckingham Palace hosted by The King, and the portrait took a fortnight to complete. Barford was commissioned by ILN in 2015 to create a portrait of The Queen to mark her becoming the longest-reigning British Monarch. It was hailed in The Daily Telegraph as “a far better likeness than many more famous artists have achieved from extensive sittings with The Queen”.