LONDON (Reuters) - The official coronation portrait of Britain's King Charles was made public on Tuesday, two years after he was crowned, in a tradition dating back more than 400 years to a time when such a painting often became the defining image of a monarch.

To mark the occasion, their Majesties’ recently completed coronation state portraits were unveiled in the gallery’s central hall. Spare a thought for Peter Kuhfeld (b. 1952) and the self-taught Paul S Benney (b.