Overview

• The King’s Tour Artists exhibition will open this summer during Buckingham Palace’s annual State Rooms opening, showcasing 70 works by 42 artists.
• The collection spans 40 years of royal tours, beginning with King Charles’s 1985 visit to Italy, and includes depictions of travels to Hong Kong, the Caribbean, and the Galápagos Islands.
• Many of the featured artworks, selected by King Charles, have never been publicly exhibited before, offering visitors unique, non-photographic perspectives on royal diplomacy.
• An accompanying book, 'The Art of Royal Travel: Journeys with the King,' will provide behind-the-scenes stories and over 100 illustrations from the tours.
• The King, a lifelong patron of the arts, has invited artists to document royal tours at his own expense, granting them full creative independence to capture personal impressions.