UK unveils new King Charles III monogram

King Charles III’s new monogram, featuring the initials CR and a crown, will debut this 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 correspondence at the post office located in the palace, through which around 200,000 letters, postcards and other types of handicrafts are sent annually. The design was chosen by the head of state from among several designs presented to him by the College of Arms, which has been responsible for heraldry in the United Kingdom since 1484.

The monogram was made up of the C of the name and the R of Rex – the Latin name meaning King – and was gradually emblazoned on uniforms, military uniforms, mailboxes, passports and other official documents and couples’ buttons.

Meanwhile, the Bank of England has announced that the first banknotes bearing the image of the new King Charles III will go into circulation in the UK by mid-2024. The King’s portrait will appear on the “current drawings of the four banknotes” of five, ten, twenty and fifty pounds, and no changes will be made.

Following directives from the Royal House to “minimize the environmental and financial impact of the change of monarch”, banknotes bearing Isabel II’s image will continue to circulate in parallel and will only be removed when damaged. .

The unveiling of the monogram and announcement of the notes coincided with the end of the royal family’s official period of mourning, which lasted seven days beyond Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on September 19. Members of the royal family will once again take part in public events, and flags will be flown at half-mast at royal residences.

Elizabeth II He died on September 8 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland aged 96 after a 70-year reign, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles III. A state funeral at London’s Westminster Abbey on 19 September capped ten days of religious rites, street processions and public vigils to honor the monarch, who was buried with her family at Windsor Castle.