Charles III: A King and His Queen

Getty Images Royal Photographer Chris Jackson has accompanied the British royal family on tours and engagements throughout the world. This book marks the historic occasion of the accession of King Charles III.

From the excitement of royal tours to capturing official portraits and behind-the-scenes moments of senior members of the British royal family, Jackson’s singular insight into what it means to document the most famous family on the planet has never been more exciting than now, on the cusp of the coronation of a new British monarch, the first in an astounding seventy years.

Jackson has an extensive archive of photographs of the former Prince of Wales and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, now King Charles III and the Queen Consort, delivering definitive insight into the extraordinary life of His Royal Highness as he takes the throne, a watershed moment in modern history and in the British monarchy.

Chris Jackson is a multi-award-winning royal photographer and author of the best-selling Modern Monarchy (Rizzoli, 2018) and Elizabeth II: A Queen for Our Time (Rizzoli, 2021). Jackson has travelled to more than a hundred countries during his time as a royal photographer. Covering day-to-day royal engagements, working with charities such as the Prince’s Trust and Barnardo’s, and having a front row seat at historic royal moments, Jackson has created one of the most extensive archives of photographs of the British royal family over nearly twenty years.