Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles III’s monogram, which consists of the initials CR and representing the crown, will debut on Tuesday, coinciding with the end of a period of mourning for the royal family.
The new royal seal will be used for the first time in correspondence from the post office in the palace, through which about 200,000 letters, postcards and other types of crafts pass annually.
The design was chosen by the head of state himself from among several designs submitted to him by the College of Arms, which has been responsible for the heraldry of the United Kingdom since 1484, explains a statement.
The first letter consists of the letter C for the name and R for Rex – Latin for king – and will gradually be engraved on buttons on uniforms, military uniforms, mailboxes, passports, and other official documents and syllables.
However, the Bank of England announced thatfirst notes With a portrait of the new King Charles III to circulate in the UK in mid-2024 with a portrait to be revealed later this year.
The portrait of the king “will appear on the present drawings of the four banknotes” of five, ten, twenty and fifty pounds “and no further alterations shall be made.”
He added that the notes bearing the image of Isabel 2 will continue to rotate in parallel and will only be removed when damaged in order to “reduce the environmental and financial impact of the King’s change,” in accordance with Royal House directives.
The presentation of the first letter and the announcement of the banknotes coincide with the end of the official period of mourning for the royal family, Tuesday, which lasted seven days after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on September 19.
Members of the royal family will once again participate in public events, and flags, so far at half-mast, will be flown at the royal residences.
Elizabeth II died on September 8 at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, at the age of 96 and after 70 years of reign, her eldest son took the throne with the title of Charles III.
The state-honored funeral service on September 19 at Westminster Abbey London culminated in ten days of religious services, processions in the streets and a public wake to honor the Queen, who is buried with her family at Windsor Castle.
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