A new portrait of the Princess of Wales has been unveiled on Tatler’s July cover as the artist says the video revealing her cancer treatment influenced the painting. Hannah Uzor, a British-Zambian artist, said the Princess’ diagnosis had “without a doubt” changed the way she depicted the royal, 41, who is continuing her treatment for cancer. The artist, who is also a mother of three, said: “All my portraits are made up of layers of a personality, constructed from everything I can find about them.
” She added that the intimate video of the Princess discussing her diagnosis and the impact it had on her family had shown “a moment of dealing with something difficult, speaking from the heart, having the courage to tackle it head-on”. As Tatler commissions Hannah Uzor's graceful depiction of the Princess of Wales for its July 2024 cover, we look back at the history of the Princess of Wales in portraiture https://t.co/k1Kmh8rewO pic.
twitter.com/HnRU75rqqx The new portrait of the princess, inspired by her appearance at the first state banquet of the King’s reign, marks the magazine’s third royal portraiture special. It shows her dressed in a white caped Jenny Packham gown wearing the Strathmore Rose tiara at last year’s state banquet for the president of South Korea held at Buckingham Palace.
The painting follows the portrait of the late Queen by the Nigerian artist Oluwole Omofemi to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee in 2022 and the July 2023 portrait of the newly .
