The charming crayon-and-pencil doodles are a glimpse into the royal family's intimate moments. KingCharles royalfamily
The portrait of the queen, who passed away in September, shows her in a yellow dress with red lines, red jewelry, and what appears to be purple gloves and a purse. The rendering of Prince Philip, meanwhile, shows him wearing a suit, a button-up shirt and a bowtie. The king’s other drawings up for grabs include images of birds and a rabbit.
Author, journalist, and royal correspondent Henry Ramsay Maule collected the items between the 1950s and the ’70s. He then stowed the belongings away for over three decades until his death in 1981. “This is an extraordinarily touching collection,” Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers, said in a statement. “These poignant childhood drawings and emotive photos remind us that away from the pomp, pageantry, and demands of serving the nation, our royals treasure the ordinary, every-day moments of family life. Given a crayon and pencil, nearly every child’s first drawings depict their family. Our King was no different.
And it seems King Charles’s artistic skills only grew from there. The royal made an estimated £2 million from sales of copies of his watercolor
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