King Charles.Photo:RANKIN/BUCKINGHAM PALACE/AFP via Getty; Jonathan Brady - WPA Pool/Getty

Britain’s King Charles III appearing on the front cover of The Big Issue magazine, in a photograph taken by photographer John Waddell Rankin, better known as Rankin, in the Clarence House Gardens in October 2023 to mark his 75th birthday on November 14, 2023.

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King Charlesis at a cover star — as his75th birthdayapproaches!

Rankin was one of 10 photographers invited to create a portfolio of new portraits of Queen Elizabeth as part of her Golden Jubilee in 2002. He captured a famous photo of the late monarch — taken in front of the throne in the ballroom at Buckingham Palace from a low and close angle, he digitally superimposed the image against the Union Flag.

“I have had the opportunity to document the world’s most famous face,” the photographer said,according to the Royal Collection Trust. “I only hope I have done justice to the person behind the face.”

Rankin said of photographing the King: “It was an absolute honor to shoot this specifically forThe Big Issueand specifically around the Coronation Food Project, which I’m a big supporter of, and is something we don’t talk about enough. I’ve always thought that he’s a very resilient human being. I think that’s what I got from him, that kind of steely determination,” according toThe Independent.

King Charles on the Big Issue magazine cover.RANKIN/BUCKINGHAM PALACE/AFP via Getty

This handout photograph released by Buckingham Palace on November 10, 2023, shows Britain’s King Charles III appearing on the front cover of The Big Issue magazine, in a photograph taken by photographer John Waddell Rankin, better known as Rankin, in the Clarence House Gardens in October 2023 to mark his 75th birthday on November 14, 2023

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TheBig Issue’s article, which will be published on Monday, dives into the launch of the Coronation Food Project.Big Issuespeaks to Baroness Louise Casey and Dame Martina Milburn, both co-chairs of the new initiative, to highlight the issue of food insecurity across the U.K.

King Charles said in the feature, “Food need is as real and urgent a problem as food waste — and if a way could be found to bridge the gap between them, then it would address two problems in one. It is my great hope that this Coronation Food Project will find practical ways to do just that — rescuing more surplus food, and distributing it to those who need it most.”

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King Charles and Queen Camilla in Paris on Sept. 20, 2023.Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive at the Elysee Presidential Palace prior to a bilateral meeting between King Charles III and President of France Emmanuel Macron

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Aside from the Coronation Food Project, King Charles will mark his birthday on Monday with a party at his country home Highgrove House. There, he’ll join others turning 75 this year for afternoon tea and live music.

On Tuesday, the monarch will host a reception to celebrate nurses and midwives working in the U.K.

On the same day, Piccadilly Circus (and other digital sites across the U.K.) will display a 10-minute animation featuring the Coronation Food Project.

It’s also expected that members of the royal family will gather for a private birthday celebration.

source: people.com