Overview

• Tatler's June 2025 cover features an exclusive portrait of the King and Queen by Phillip Butah, marking their 20th wedding anniversary.
• The portrait, set in a garden with a summery green background, offers an informal depiction of the royal couple walking together.
• This is the first time the King and Queen have been painted together for a magazine cover, highlighting a shift toward more personal royal imagery.
• Phillip Butah, a British-Ghanaian artist, first met the King in 1998 after winning the Prince of Wales’s Young Artists’ Award at age 16.
• Butah’s career has been shaped by royal patronage, including a 2009 Clarence House sitting and serving as official tour artist for the 2023 state visit to Kenya.