King Charles and Queen Camilla were actually pretty “busy” yesterday, on Prince Archie’s sixth birthday. Because Charles scheduled his 2023 coronation on Archie’s birthday, Charles now gets to do special coronation-anniversary events every year while keeping publicly silent about his grandson. None of the Buckingham Palace accounts wished Archie a happy birthday, and obviously, no reporter dared ask the dogsh-t grandfather about Archie.
So on Tuesday, Charles and Camilla attended the unveiling of their coronation portraits at the National Gallery. I haven’t seen these paintings close-up, but from what I can see, Charles’s portrait is really bad! The proportions look seriously off. His portrait was done by Peter Kuhfield, who has known Charles for decades. When nepotism goes wrong. Camilla’s portrait, painted by Paul S. Benney is pretty good, although it definitely appears like two decades have been shaved off her face.
After the portrait unveiling, Camilla went solo to view the poppy installation at the Tower of London. Artists create ceramic poppies and you can walk through the installation and view the poppies close-up. The photos are always so striking and Camilla knew what she was doing when she wore the red dress. I still say that her ugly little cape makes her look like the Wicked Witch of Windsor though. Also: I remember when Prince Harry, William and Kate viewed the poppy installation in the before-times. I wonder why none of the younger royals viewed the installation this year?
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
