It has been almost a week since the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla but the majesty of the moment has not yet faded. To prolong the excitement, Buckingham Palace has released two new official portraits, both taken by Hugo Burnand in the hours after the Westminster Abbey service.
Prince George and Camilla’s three grandsons served as Pages of Honour at King Charles’s Coronation at Westminster Abbey
The first shows King Charles with two future kings: Prince William and Prince George. His Majesty is pictured in full regalia and is wearing the Robe of Estate, the Imperial State Crown and is holding the Sovereign’s Orb and Sovereign’s Sceptre with Cross. His heir Prince William, 40, stands to his right, wearing the Mantle of the Order of the Garter over the ceremonial dress uniform of the Welsh Guards (he is Colonel of the regiment). He also wears the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle Sash, with the Badge of the Order, and RAF Pilot Wings. William is also pictured in the Collar of the Order of the Garter, and the Great George of the Order of the Garter.
On King Charles's left is Prince George, nine, who is second-in-line to the throne behind his father, who wears the scarlet frock coat marking him out as one of the Coronation Pages of Honour.
King Charles and Queen Camilla appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace alongside their Pages of Honour and members of the Royal Family
King Charles is seated on one of a pair of 1902 throne chairs that were made for the future
King George V and Queen Mary for use at the Coronation of King Edward VII. These throne
chairs were also used in the background of the 1937 Coronation of King George VI and
Queen Elizabeth and by King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Westminster Hall to receive addresses from the Speakers of both Houses of Parliament last year. The throne chair also features in the first set of official Coronation portraits, released last weekend.
The second photograph shows the King and Queen with their eight Pages of Honour and Her Majesty's two Ladies in Attendance, who were at the centre of proceedings in the Abbey and later joined Their Majesties and working members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
The King and Queen Consort had four pages of honour each. King Charles was accompanied by his grandson Prince George; Lord Oliver Cholmondeley, son of Lord-in-Waiting the Marquess of Cholmondeley; Ralph Tollemache, son of the King’s godson Edward Tollemache; and Nicholas Barclay, grandson of the Queen’s Companion and King Charles’s second cousin Sarah Troughton. Meanwhile, the Queen selected her three grandsons Gus and Louis Lopes and Freddy Parker Bowles, and her great-nephew Arthur Elliot.
The two Ladies in Attendance were Her Majesty's sister, Annabel Elliot, and the Marchioness of Lansdowne, one of Her Majesty's closest confidantes and one of her six Queen's Companions. Their prominent role in the Coronation has been seen as a reward for their unwavering loyalty and support.
King Charles and Queen Camilla were joined by 10 working royals who carry out engagements on behalf of Their Majesties
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These are the latest in a series of official Coronation portraits to be released by the Palace. Last week, the Royal Household shared individual portraits of the King and Queen, a joint portrait of Their Majesties, and a photograph of the couple with 10 working royals: the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Anne and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra, the Hon Lady Ogilvy.
A Page of Honour to the late Queen, Edward Tollemache watched his son take on the ceremonial role at Westminster Abbey
