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Hi everyone, Celt here, bringing you my thoughts on the British Royal Family

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and today I'll be talking about King Charles's latest portrait.

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The fact that it was just so red had me wondering if it was in fact a joke.

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Apparently it wasn't, but I still think there's a big reason behind this portrait being primarily red.

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His face was almost floating, or his head was almost floating in the picture, looking quite disembodied.

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The shadowy and mottled face, yes it was a good likeness, but I've seen better photos of him.

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And the butterfly, which was about to land on his shoulder, or about to take off, a monarch butterfly, I would think.

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And the choice of red was said to be because of his Welsh guard's uniform being red,

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but to have the whole thing red, just smacks of either a bloodbath or a depiction of him in hellfire.

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This was according to some of the comments.

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It's not as if they were flowers that were red, or a red background consisting of a red curtain maybe,

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but it was painted in a way to purposely make it look disturbing with a lot of movement.

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His floating head almost looks like it was cut out from a newspaper.

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It didn't look that real in that picture, it looked separate from his body, but I think that was intentional.

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The mottled skin looked like a nod to his father.

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It was strangely, and dare I say it, reptilian-looking, not like the age spots or sun damage you would expect to see in ageing skin,

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but more uniform and in a definite, almost camouflage-type pattern.

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One comment on social media is as follows.

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One person says,

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looks as if he's going straight to hell.

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End quote.

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Charles actually looked quite happy with it, but looking closely at the photo of him,

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it doesn't even look like King Charles looking at the portrait of himself.

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He even did a little dramatic jump when he pulled the curtain on it, and the curtain fell down.

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It was all very staged.

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The hands were looking a bit strange to me as well.

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Obviously the artist couldn't make them look exactly as they do,

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because Charles is supposed to have this weird thing going on which makes his fingers swell up, this illness.

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But really, he could have faded the hands out and just had the face more prominent.

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The more I look at it, the more it looks as if it was painted with blood.

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Some of the bits are quite dark, almost brownish-looking, and yes, why wouldn't it be?

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You have artists like Marina Abramovich, who are into all sorts of weird things, so it wouldn't surprise me.

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I know there are artists who like to use a bit of real raw material in their pictures.

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Who knows?

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I think it was intended to shock and to be controversial.

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But it is strange that the portrait looks more like King Charles than the King Charles actually looking at it.

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The 8 1⁄2 feet by 6 1⁄2 feet painting was created by British artist Jonathan Yeo,

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who has also painted others such as Tony Blair and Nicole Kidman.

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Another comment was, and I quote,

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all the blood spilled around the world under the royal family's command, end quote.

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And when Camilla saw the picture, she said,

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yes, you've got him, and I'm pretty sure they had.

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The artist said that he was inspired by the Welsh Guard's red uniform,

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and he chose the vivid red of the glazes in the background

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to echo the uniform's bright red tunic,

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but also to add a dynamic modern contrast.

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Usually portraits of kings and queens would have a sepia or dark brown background,

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which I actually prefer.

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I really like that look, but this was obviously embracing the more modern.

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Charles was said by the artist to have been mildly surprised by the strong colour,

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but otherwise was smiling approvingly.

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There are some jokes going around about tampons,

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which you will have to research for yourself,

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because I'm not covering that here.

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One comment was, and I quote,

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either King Charles really is evil,

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or he just got royally trolled by that artist, end quote.

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And another comment was, and again I quote,

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this is hideous, end quote.

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And another quote was,

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if you flip it upside down and mirror image it,

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you get a whole new level of creepy.

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These people are not even trying to hide who they are anymore, end quote.

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So I did this, or I thought I did this,

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and I couldn't see a thing.

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I really tried.

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But then I took it literally, what was being said,

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and I flipped it upside down,

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and then reversed one of the pictures.

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And yes, I could see what others could see.

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As for whether it's a coincidence,

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or intentionally created in that way,

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I have painted pictures using different techniques,

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and quite often when you sponge a background

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or use layering techniques,

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you can get creepy looking faces

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in the background without even trying.

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But this is something totally different.

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I think it probably was intentional.

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I'm actually looking for positive comments,

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and I'm not able to find any at the moment.

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But from my point of view, positively speaking,

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the lightness is really good.

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It does have some lovely red glazes in the background,

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and definitely catches the eye,

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but I wouldn't want it on my wall.

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So, what with the camo skin on the face and hands,

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and the swirling red inferno,

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the eyes looked dead, unemotional, in my opinion.

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Though some others were saying

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that his face was full of compassion,

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there was maybe a slight look of that,

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but there was something about the eyes in this portrait

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that looked slightly pained,

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almost verging on sinister,

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not at all like some previous portraits of him.

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So, here's a short slideshow

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of some royal portraits of various royals over the years.

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Amongst the portraits is one that I did,

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so see if you can guess which one it was.

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Some of you already know.

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So, let me have your comments,

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and I'll see you in the next one.

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Thanks for watching.

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