King Charles III photographed with those who are most important to the monarchy’s future

New pictures released by Buckingham Palace after the King’s coronation send a powerful message about exactly who is in the royal fold and who holds the monarchy’s future.

The monarchy’s next generations are the focus of the latest official Coronation photographs released by Buckingham Palace a week after the historic event.

King Charles III is shown with his son William, Prince of Wales, and grandson Prince George.

The picture, taken in the palace Throne Room, is part of a set of official photographs taken by Hugo Burnand and brings together the King and those next in the line of succession.

King Charles III photographed with his son and grandson, Prince of Wales William and Prince George. Picture: Hugo Burnand/Royal Household 2023

King Charles is photographed with his son Prince William and grandson Prince George on the day of the coronation in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace.

Rich in symbolic colours of purple, red and gold, the King wears the Imperial State Crown and Robe of Estate and is seated on one of a pair of 1902 throne chairs made for the future King George V and Queen Mary for use at the Coronation of King Edward VII.

The chairs were also used in the background of the 1937 Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth and King Charles III and Queen Camilla to receive addresses from the Speakers of both Houses of Parliament last year.

Another newly released photograph shows King Charles and Queen Camilla with their pages of honour and ladies in attendance.

Pictured (left to right) Ralph Tollemache, Lord Oliver Cholmondeley, Nicholas Barclay, Prince George of Wales, the Marchioness of Lansdowne, King Charles III, Queen Camilla, the Queen's sister Annabel Elliot, the Queen’s grandson Freddy Parker Bowles, great-nephew Arthur Elliot and grandsons Gus Lopes and Louis Lopes. Picture: Hugo Burnand/Royal Household 2023

Included in the official photographs are members of Queen’s family, including her sister Annabel Elliot, grandsons Freddy Parker Bowles and Gus and Louis Lopes, and her great-nephew Arthur Elliot.

Each family member had a role in the coronation last Saturday.

Working royals were the focus, alongside the King and Queen, in the first set of official Coronation photos to be released, highlighting the people who be called on during the King’s reign to perform royal duties.

L-R: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence, Princess Anne, Princess Royal, King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince William, Prince of Wales, Catherine, Princess of Wales, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy, Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh. Picture: Hugo Burnand/Royal Household 2023

More official photographs are expected to be released as part of a Cabinet Office initiative to provide public buildings with a photographic portrait of the King at a projected cost of $15 million Australian dollars.

The expense has been labelled a “shameful waste” by anti-monarchy campaigners.