The portraits of King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be displayed in the National Gallery for one month before they are removed to their permanent home at Buckingham Palace. King Charles’ portrait was painted by Peter Kuhfeld, while the queen consort selected Paul Benney, respectively.

Coronation portraits have for centuries been a traditional part of the crowning of a monarch. Queen Elizabeth II’s, by Herbert James Gunn, showed her in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace, the crown and scepter on a table beside her — symbols of rule that traditionally appear in coronation portraits.

King Charles is depicted in full coronation regalia, with the crown perched beside him on a table, while Queen Camilla appears in her coronation dress, her own crown similarly pla