The artist who painted the King’s latest portrait has revealed why the artwork is so red. The painting by Jonathan Yeo, which was unveiled by the monarch at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday ...

but others were quite literally seeing red, making cynical connections between the sweeping scarlet background of King Charles’s official portrait and blood spilled by British colonizers in ...

saying the red hues of the painting stirred up memories of Britain's violent colonial past. "I've never seen a more appropriate official portrait," one person on X wrote. "King Charles III is ...

Yeo shared in his artist statement for the work that he depicted King Charles in his stark red uniform as Colonel of the Welsh guards. Work on the portrait began well before the coronation as it ...