Buckingham Palace releases striking new portrait of King Charles amid cancer battle

Buckingham Palace has unveiled a striking new photograph of King Charles III, captured just months prior to his cancer prognosis.

The 75-calendar year-outdated monarch, who is at this time being dealt with for the ailment, is witnessed smiling in the regal image, unveiled to mark Armed Forces Working day in the United Kingdom.

The portrait was taken by culture photographer Hugo Burnard previous November, considerably less than 3 months in advance of Charles announced he experienced cancer.

“It is a blend of formality and informality, which attracts you in,” Burnard instructed The Telegraph of his photograph. “The King wears his medals with delight but they are not the main feature of the image.”

The graphic displays Charles sporting a wry smile as he wears his Subject Marshal No1 total ceremonial frock coat, entire with medals, swords and decorations.

Royal watchers have been delighted by the launch of the photograph, which was shared on the monarch’s formal Instagram web site, garnering a lot more than 200,000 likes in tiny a lot more than 12 hours.

“Very wonderful image. I like the composition and colors in this portrait,” just one impressed viewer wrote.

“This portrait is 100% far better than the pink blob,” an additional declared. “That a person is an shame to be English. “

The “red blob” referenced in that comment refers to a polarizing portrait of the monarch painted by the artist Jonathan Yeo, which displays a ghostly wanting Charles in front of a red backdrop.

The artwork was unveiled past thirty day period in London and rapidly divided opinion, with some detractors declaring it seemed like the Charles was “burning in hell.” 

Each the new photograph and the controversial painting have been unveiled in the midst of the king’s cancer fight.

News of Charles’ most cancers prognosis arrived to light after he underwent a method for an enlarged prostate. There, medical practitioners learned “a independent problem of concern” that necessitates procedure.

Buckingham Palace later clarified that the most cancers was not prostate cancer.