King’s first official painted portrait since the coronation unveiled

The first official painted portrait of the King since the coronation has been unveiled at Buckingham Palace.

The painting was done by renowned portrait artist Jonathan Yeo, whose past subjects include Idris Elba, Cara Delevingne, Sir David Attenborough, Nicole Kidman, Malala Yousafzai, and former prime ministers Sirs David Cameron and Tony Blair.

Mr Yeo, whose work has been displayed at the Royal Academy of Arts and Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC, has also painted Queen Camilla and the late Prince Philip.

The King sat for Mr Yeo on four occasions between June 2021 and November 2023 at both Highgrove in Gloucestershire and Clarence House in London.

Mr Yeo also worked from drawings and photographs of the monarch in order to make progress between sittings.