The new monogram of King Charles III, made up of the initials CR and a representation of the crown, will debut on Tuesday, Buckingham Palace announced, coinciding with the end of the royal family’s period of mourning.
The new royal seal will be used for the first time in the correspondence of the post office located in the palace, through which some 200,000 letters, postcards and other types of crafts pass annually.
The design was chosen by the head of state himself among several designs presented to him by the College of Arms, responsible for heraldry in the United Kingdom since 1484, explains a statement.
The monogram consists of C for name and R for Rex – Latin for king and will gradually be engraved on uniform buttons, military uniforms, mailboxes, passports and other official documents and couplets.
Meanwhile, the Bank of England has announced that the first banknotes bearing the image of the new King Charles III will enter circulation in the UK in mid-2024 and a portrait will be unveiled later this year.
The monarch’s portrait “will appear on the existing drawings of the four notes” of five, ten, twenty and fifty pounds, “and no further alterations will be made”.
The banknotes with the image of Elizabeth II will continue to circulate in parallel and will only be withdrawn when they are damaged to “minimize the environmental and economic impact of the change of monarch”, following the guidelines of the Royal House, he added.
The presentation of the monogram and the announcement on the banknotes today coincides with the end of the official mourning period for the royal family, which lasted seven days after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on September 19.
Members of the royal family will once again take part in public events and flags will be flown, so far at half-staff, at royal residences.
Elizabeth II died on September 8 at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, at the age of 96 after 70 years of reign, and her eldest son assumed the throne with the title of Charles III.
A state funeral on September 19 at London’s Westminster Abbey capped ten days of religious ceremonies, street processions and public wakes to honor the monarch, who was buried with her family at Windsor Castle.
Source: TSF
