Prince Charles often takes a painter on his royal tours to ‘go beyond the limitations of photography’, it has emerged. London-based Diarmuid Kelley, 47, who was commissioned by the Prince of Wales to paint the Duchess of Cornwall in 2012 and soon after, accompanied the couple on a royal visit to Mexico and Colombia, said the artists ‘do all the things Charles would like to do’. Speaking to the New York Post, the 47-year-old British artist said: ‘Charles always takes a painter on these trips, because he’s a patron of the arts. ‘He’ll give the artist a driver, and they can go anywhere they want and do all the things Charles would like to do, like paint landscapes. [The royals] work hard on that trip.’ Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall speak to artist Warwick Fuller during their tour of Australia in 2012 as he accompanies them on their royal visit It is well documented that the prince is a keen artist, with Charles, 71, developing his love of painting in the 1970s and 80s, inspired by Robert Waddel, who had been his art master at Gordonstoun in Scotland. And it looks like only his preferred method of painting is good… Read full this story
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