How social networks reacted to the portrait of King Charles

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'Incredibly disturbing': How social media reacted to King Charles' portrait

The portrait, more than 6 feet tall, was painted by Jonathan Yeo three years ago.

New Delhi:

King Charles on Tuesday unveiled his first official portrait since his coronation last year in May, and it has received mixed responses, with some comparisons to the “archdemon from hell.”

Painted by artist Jonathan Yeo, the portrait shows Her Majesty bathing in a crimson pond, with a monarch butterfly perched on her shoulder. According the palaceThe portrait, more than 6 feet tall, was painted over three years and shows the King wearing the uniform of the Welsh Guards, a role in the regiment he took up in 1975.

The portrait was published on the official Instagram page of the Royal Family. This dramatic painting, dominated by shades of red, appears to have disappointed social media users, with many referring to it as “satanic.”

Look at the image here:

Sharing the image on X, formerly Twitter, one user wrote: “Ironically, I love the new portrait of King Charles because of how evil he looks. Portrait of the archdemon of hell.”

Another user wrote that it was “the ugliest thing I have ever seen.”

Someone asked: “Does anyone else find the new portrait of King Charles III incredibly disturbing and unpleasant?”

“Who approved the new portrait of King Charles III because he looks like he’s in hell?” read another tweet.

One X user called the portrait “absolutely gruesome” and added that “he looks like he’s burning in hell.”

Someone else called it “the poster for a truly nightmarish horror movie.”

“Probably the last painting they did of him before he died, and it’s just him engulfed in the flames of hell,” another tweet read.

The painting will be on display at London’s Philip Mold Gallery for a month from May 16. It will then go on permanent display at Drapers Hall, a historic London building once owned by King Henry VIII.

King Charles was crowned on May 6, 2023 at Westminster Abbey, following his ascension to the throne on September 8, 2022, following the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. This marked the first coronation since that of Elizabeth II in 1953, almost 70 years ago.

In February, the royal family announced that the king had been diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing treatment. On Monday, May 13, during a visit to the Army Flying Museum in Hampshire, King Charles mentioned experiencing a side effect of his treatment in a conversation with British Army veteran Aaron Mapplebeck. He spoke of a “loss of taste” during his treatment, The Sun reported.

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