The first portrait of King Charles III has been released and in it the monarch is wearing an indigenous bracelet.
In his first picture commissioned since his reign began, Charles is wearing a blue suit, white shirt and pink tie.
Whilst not an official portrait, the painting in oils by artist Alastair Barford also has a touching link back to the late Queen too.
In Charles’ painting, he also dons an indigenous bracelet that was given to him by Amazon indigenous leader, Domingo Peas during a reception in aid of biodiversity and climate change at Buckingham Palace - one of the royal's biggest passions.
It was at the same reception in February that Mr Barford took sketches of the king, relying on these and photos as Charles didn’t sit for the portrait.
The bracelet was included to add context and authenticity to the painting and as a symbol of the king’s advocacy on climate change.
Mr Barford said that he "wished to capture his warmth and sensitivity, the empathy which came across in his interactions with the people he met.|
He added: "It was important that I captured a sympathetic expression.”
Charles is due to be crowned on May 6 this year, and has stepped into the monarch’s duties in the time since the Queen passed.
Mr Barford also painted the Queen, back in 2015, and it took him just two weeks to complete the portrait - which was described as a “huge challenge”.
The artist opted to paint Charles in a suit, over ceremonial robes, because he wanted to capture a "personal and intimate” image of His Majesty.
It is set to be the cover image on the Illustrated Coronation Edition magazine, published by Illustrated London News on 30 March.
The King and Queen Consort are expected to arrive in Germany later today after the couple’s visit to France was postponed due to civil unrest in the country.
Charles and Camilla were due to begin the first state visit of the King’s reign on Sunday but the trip was shelved after a night of violent demonstrations across France that led to hundreds of arrests and police being injured.
Sylvie Bermann, who served as Paris’s ambassador to Britain between 2014 and 2017, said Mr Macron wanted the visit to go ahead "until the last minute” before realising the situation was untenable.
She said a planned state banquet at the Palace of Versailles for Charles and Camilla would "not have given a good image”.
Lord Ricketts, a former national security adviser, said the lavish Versailles dinner would have had "echoes” of the French revolution if it had gone ahead during a public outcry at Mr Macron’s decision to push back the national retirement age.
