The British Embassy has send warm wishes to King Charles on his 78th birthday with a heartfelt tribute, looking back at one of the monarch’s most memorable recent visits across the Atlantic.
In a special birthday message, the Embassy shared three newly painted watercolours capturing moments from the King and Queen Camilla’s historic State Visit to the United States in honour of the country’s 250th anniversary.
The paintings were created by artist Hugh Buchanan, who accompanied the royal couple throughout the visit and captured several of its defining moments on paper.
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One of the paintings brings Charles’s powerful appearance before the U.S. Congress to life, where he spoke of the “highest regard and friendship” between the British and American people.
It captures a significant moment from the visit, with the King addressing members of Congress during his historic speech.
Another watercolour focuses on a more solemn chapter of the trip, showing Charles and Camilla during their visit to the 9/11 Memorial in New York. The couple paid their respects to the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives in the attacks, including 67 British nationals.
The final painting captured Their Majesties alongside Lori A. Cockrell, the mayor of Front Royal, Virginia.
British Embassy also revealed that the original paintings will have another chapter beyond social media, with all three set to be exhibited in Edinburgh this December at the annual exhibition of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour.
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