![]() ![]() ![]() We do not yet know what Charles’s promise of a slimmed-down modern monarchy will mean for the royal artworks. But the royal collection is “held in trust by The King in right of the Crown for his Successors and the Nation” – or so the Royal Collection Trust (RCT), the charitable body set up in 1993 to manage it, says with a liberal sprinkling of Royal Capital Letters on its website. The Windsor family does own a valuable private collection of art, composed in part of pieces that were bought by the Queen Mother or Prince Philip. He has now become owner of the royal collection as king, but not as a private individual. Similar collections in France, Spain, Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark have been largely ceded to state ownership and to palaces open to the public, or to more freely accessible national museums, either by revolution or by mutual agreement.Ĭharles III is known for his love of the arts. ![]() The accession of King Charles throws a new spotlight on the royal collection.Īcquired by monarchs over generations, it is the last of the European royal art treasure troves to remain more or less intact in the hands of a sovereign. Six Canaletto Venice paintings on display at Buckingham Palace during the 2017 Canaletto and the Art of Venice exhibition at The Queen’s Gallery. ![]()
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