Queen Camilla’s coronation portrait revealed

The coronation portrait of Queen Camilla has been revealed.

It is to form part of the royal collection and was painted by Paul S. Benney. The portrait will hang in the National Gallery until June 5th. It will then move to the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace, where it can be seen during the summer opening of the palace alongside King Charles’s coronation portrait.

Paul Benny said, “It was an honour, privilege and total pleasure to undertake the first official portrait of Her Majesty since The Coronation and it is with some regret that the sittings for this important commission have come to end. After nearly a year of being installed in a temporary studio at Clarence House, I have deep and abiding memories of many hours of fascinating and sometime hilarious conversation with Her Majesty on countless varied subjects. I shall miss the quiet and relaxed atmosphere while I was working there even when Their Majesties were engaged elsewhere.

“My guiding principles in this commission were to both acknowledge the grand and historic nature of The Coronation iconography with all the equipage of the Monarchy and at the same time reveal the humanity and empathy of such an extraordinary person taking on an extraordinary role.”