Wow. The New painting of King Charles revealed.
If this doesn’t scream Satanic then nothing does. There even appears to be a Monarch Butterfly on his left shoulder. https://t.co/LyKr4kYaJT#Kingcharles #MKUltra #satanism #Saturn pic.twitter.com/usPheR8KZ1
— Richard Willett (@WTAFRich) May 14, 2024
The first official painted portrait of King Charles III since his coronation has been unveiled at Buckingham Palace.
The vast oil on canvas shows a larger-than-life King Charles in the uniform of the Welsh Guards.
The vivid red work, measuring about 8ft 6in by 6ft 6in, is by Jonathan Yeo, who has also painted Tony Blair, Sir David Attenborough and Malala Yousafzai. Queen Camilla is said to have looked at the painting and told Yeo: “Yes, you’ve got him.”
In the new portrait, the King is depicted, sword in hand, with a butterfly landing on his shoulder.
Unveilings are always a little nerve-wracking, both for the sitter and the artist, but particularly when one of them is a King.Yeo jokes: “If this was seen as treasonous, I could literally pay for it with my head, which would be an appropriate way for a portrait painter to die – to have their head removed!”
In reality, Yeo isn’t going to lose his head of course – no executions for a badly received portrait of a monarch, in modern times anyway.
Fortunately, he has also already had a nod of approval from a key royal figure.
The Queen dropped in during the final sitting and said the artist had captured the King well. Yeo says the best judge of a portrait is someone who knows your sitter really well because they have instant recognition of whether it feels familiar.
The King also got a glimpse of it, says Yeo, in its “half-done state… He was initially mildly surprised by the strong colour but otherwise he seemed to be smiling approvingly”.
It is a vibrant painting.
The King was made Regimental Colonel in the Welsh Guards in 1975. In the picture, the red of the uniform fades into the red background, bringing the King’s face into even more prominence.
Yeo says he wanted the painting to be distinctive and a break with the past. He was aiming for something personal.
“My interest is really in figuring out who someone is and trying to get that on a canvas.”