Camilla, Queen Consort

1 portrait by Mario Testino

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Camilla, Queen Consort

by Mario Testino
chromogenic print, 2006
49 1/4 in. x 65 3/4 in. (1250 mm x 1670 mm) overall
Purchased, 2015
Primary Collection
NPG P1986

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  • Mario Testino (1954-), Photographer. Artist or producer of 22 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.

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Photographed on the first anniversary of her wedding to Charles III (then Prince Charles), Camilla, then the Duchess of Cornwall, appears relaxed and confident in the elegant surroundings of Clarence House, the London residence of the couple at the time. The comfortable pose, the choice of non-ceremonial clothes and Camilla’s unguarded smile all signal a more informal approach to royal portraiture, appropriate to a modern monarchy.

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Current affairs

The Loans for Peerages affair erupts after four businessmen who gave unpublished loans to the Labour Party are nominated for peerages. The scandal revealed a legal loophole: while political parties must declare all large donations, they were not required to declare loans. This led the Police to investigate whether the parties had broken the 1925 Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act, and to Lord Levy and Tony Blair.

Art and science

A year of blockbuster exhibitions including Modernism at the Victoria and Albert Museum, a Surrealism exhibition at the Haywood Gallery, Michaelangelo Drawings at the British Museum, Valezqueth at the National Gallery, Rodin at the Royal Academy, Holbein at Tate Britain, and David Hockney Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery.

International

Following the kidnapping of two Israeli Soldiers by Lebanese Hezbollah militants, Israel launches a heavy artillery attack and ground invasion on Lebanon. In response Hezbollah launched rockets into northern Israel and engaged the Israeli Defence Forces in guerrilla warfare. The conflict ended after claiming over 1500 lives - mostly Lebanese civilians - with a UN resolution calling for Hezbollah's disarmament and Israel's withdrawal of troops from Lebanon.

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