{"id":47200,"date":"2025-04-24T17:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T17:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/47200\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T17:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T17:46:10","slug":"king-and-queens-portrait-graces-tatler-cover-after-much-criticised-kate-picture-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/47200\/","title":{"rendered":"King and Queen\u2019s portrait graces Tatler cover after much-criticised Kate picture \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The King and the Queen have been depicted in a painting for the front cover of Tatler magazine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Former royal tour artist Phillip Butah, who was personally selected by Charles to join him on his state visit to Kenya in 2023, based his work on a photograph of the couple taken by Millie Pilkington last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">But the artwork has already come under scrutiny on social media with one person remarking: \u201cDoesn\u2019t look like Charles\u201d and another suggesting the King\u2019s eyes were more similar to those of former US president Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"The King and Queen on the cover of Tatler magazine\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PLQYS23LJZJKJCKIKXCGGYL5KI.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"1037\"\/>Butah\u2019s portrait was painted to mark the magazine\u2019s celebration of the King and Queen\u2019s 20th wedding anniversary (Phillip Butah\/Tatler\/PA) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cQueen Camilla looks brilliant \u2013 but the eyes on the king look like Biden .. it is not a good resemblance of King Charles,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/uk\/mother-of-jean-charles-de-menezes-says-everyone-should-watch-tv-drama-IW7EXEMBSFJLJOET7SLF4ZVOTM\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Mother of Jean Charles de Menezes says &#x2018;everyone should watch&#x2019; TV drama\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2DZBCWZ5KNNRNGM3KHV4ICKB3Q.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/uk\/amie-grays-widow-describes-how-her-loss-will-haunt-her-forever-AD5RZMGB5BKR3GM4WDXVNDYDRU\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Amie Gray&#x2019;s widow describes how her loss will &#x2018;haunt&#x2019; her forever\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1745516769_109_4RR5YBYIZBM4VESCAEMFT4RSCU.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It follows the widely criticised portrait of the Princess of Wales which appeared as Tatler\u2019s front cover last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The canvas by artist Hannah Uzor was branded \u201cdreadful\u201d and a \u201cparody\u201d by royal fans and art critics.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As Tatler commissions Hannah Uzor&#8217;s graceful depiction of the Princess of Wales for its July 2024 cover, we look back at the history of the Princess of Wales in portraiture <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k1Kmh8rewO\">https:\/\/t.co\/k1Kmh8rewO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HnRU75rqqx\">pic.twitter.com\/HnRU75rqqx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tatler (@Tatlermagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tatlermagazine\/status\/1793225310843887800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Butah said he believed it was a royal first for the royal couple to be painted together for a magazine cover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The image, in the society bible\u2019s June edition, celebrates the King and Queen\u2019s 20th wedding anniversary, which they marked this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Butah said: \u201cI think it is wonderful and I love the fact that a top glossy magazine commissions an artist to make a cover, because art and fashion do belong together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"The original Millie Pilkington photograph of the King and Queen\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/D3A4UTLBEZIOHKICRZG7CVM27A.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>The original Millie Pilkington photograph of the King and Queen (Aaron Chown\/PA) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He added: \u201cI have chosen a summery green for the background because they are walking together in a garden, and this is an informal portrait, not a state portrait.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI think it will be a first; I have never seen the royal couple painted together on the cover of a magazine, and I just want people to enjoy it and see it as a celebration of our King and Queen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Butah said of joining Charles and Camilla on their official visit to Kenya: \u201cThey are one of the most famous couples of our time, so it was fascinating for me to see the personal side of their relationship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt is so strong and they are a great team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Artist Phillip Butah who painted a portrait of Charles and Camilla\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/DXWEM2KYQFI3BBYPNZEUONG4YI.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"554\"\/>Artist Phillip Butah who painted a portrait of Charles and Camilla <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The artist first met Charles at the age of 16 when he won the Young Artists\u2019 Britain: The Prince of Wales\u2019s Young Artists\u2019 Award competition in 1998.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Celebrities he has drawn include actor Ashley Walters and former Olympic sprinter Linford Christie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The full feature is available in the June issue of Tatler via digital download and on newsstands from May 1.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The King and the Queen have been depicted in a painting for the front cover of Tatler magazine.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[4021,7709,5117,7714,7713,7730,13396,533,15277,25838,15692,2832,532,2831,4575,5105,7710,519,693,25839,25840,16,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-47200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-british-royal-family","10":"tag-camilla","11":"tag-catherine","12":"tag-catherine-middleton","13":"tag-charles","14":"tag-kate","15":"tag-kate-middleton","16":"tag-king","17":"tag-phillip-butah","18":"tag-portrait","19":"tag-prince-of-wales","20":"tag-prince-william","21":"tag-princess-of-wales","22":"tag-queen","23":"tag-royal","24":"tag-royal-families","25":"tag-royal-family","26":"tag-showbiz","27":"tag-tatler","28":"tag-tatler-magazine","29":"tag-uk","30":"tag-uk-royal-family","31":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114394194647944529","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}