King Charles passionate hobby has earned him over £6million

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King Charles III’s job has almost always been that of royal engagements and representing the Royal Family, having spent almost his entire adult life as heir to the throne. One of the King’s favourite hobbies has reportedly sold for millions of pounds over the years.

Fortunately being the King is a job that keeps Charles well looked after, but what many fans might not realise is that the royal has made millions during his lifetime performing another role.

Whilst no doubt seen as a hobby when compared to his more serious royal duties, the King has been an avid watercolour painter since he was a young man, specialising in painting landscapes and showcasing quite some talent in the field.

In fact, over the years between 1997 and 2016, a probe by Telegraph journalist Robert Mendick found that prints of the King’s watercolours had sold for a total north of £6million with the profits going into his Prince’s Foundation charity.

Despite this, King Charles himself doesn’t see his artistic talent as particularly impressive, having described himself in the past as an “enthusiastic amateur”.

He wrote in an exhibition in Garrison Chapel, Chelsea, earlier this year: “I am under no illusion that my sketches represent great art or a burgeoning talent.

“They represent, more than anything else, my particular form of ‘photograph album’ and, as such, mean a great deal to me.”

King Charles learned to paint while in boarding school in Scotland in the 1960s before meeting and learning from prominent artists including Edward Seago, Derek Hill and John Ward.

The King sees his artistic work not as something to make money but as a means to recharge.

He described the process of painting a landscape as “one of the most relaxing and therapeutic exercises I know” at the same exhibition.

King Charles is not the only member of the Royal Family who has a secret talent.

Kate Middleton, 40, is a very keen photographer, with Camilla Tominey, The Telegraph’s Associate Editor for Politics and Royals, claiming the Princess of Wales learned a few tips from her father Michael Middleton.

Camilla told This Morning: “I was speaking to somebody who knows the [Duchess] well, who pointed out that her father, Michael Middleton, is a good photographer and really enthused by camera work generally and he taught her everything she knows apparently.”

In fact, Michael was the person who took the photo of Prince William and Kate and a then-newborn Prince George in August 2013.

The former flight dispatcher captured his eldest daughter and her husband sitting in the garden of his Bucklebury home just a month after his first grandchild George was born.

The photographic skills of Prince William’s wife were once again praised when she played a key role in the creation of the June 2022 issue of Country Life. 

Kate was hand-picked by Queen Camilla as the photographer who would take her portraits used on the front cover and leader page.

Kate’s skills as a photographer were praised also by Country Life’s editor-in-chief Mark Hedges.

He said: “We are thrilled to have our Guest Editor captured so magnificently by royal photographer [The Duchess of Cambridge].”

Stressing how this opportunity marks a major first for Kate, he added: “We understand this is the first time a formal portrait of [The Duchess of Cornwall] has been taken by [The Duchess of Cambridge] for a magazine and we are honoured to have been chosen to be the first to publish this beautiful photograph.

“The photographs are superb and we would be delighted to offer The Duchess of Cambridge another commission!”

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