Like all Britons, I wake up every day and thank our monarchy, before making tea, nod at my shrine to Princess Diana, and apply some principality brand resin to the old upper lip. When my day is over, the last act is to hear the shipping forecast, waiting for the glorious moment when "God saves the king" will put me to sleep, dreaming of this sceptred Island.

Anyway: Last year we saw the coronation of Charles 3rd, Britain's current monarch (that's him). One of the many traditions favored by the country (and frankly one of the less bizarre ones) has commissioned top artists to paint their bizarre paintings, and on Tuesday the first official portrait of 14 Charles was unveiled by the King himself.

The painting is by Jonathan Yeo, who is with Charles as the monarch pulls down the drapes that frankly cover the huge portrait. As with style, the unveiling takes place in a huge gold-decorated room about the size of a hangar, and as the drapes fall, Charles can be seen flinching like the brave Sir Robin, an English folk hero. As for the picture itself...

My first thought was Cainhurst. This place in Bloodborne, which can be summed up as "Fromsoftware does Castlevania", is a now-dilapidated castle of a vampire-style monarchy that has been reviled by most other groups in Yharnam, and a ceremonial su I think it's the deep red that the face comes out of: this is just one of the kind of things you find on the walls of such a place. It looks like.

The red theme dominates, only Charles's face and hands are presented in more natural colors, and I'm far from the only one who made the link to the game.Because, to be honest, this is a picture that you usually look like the next boss.The costume of the military uniform and the ceremonial sword are nothing more than icing on the cake.

Or, as Demonfiretanto said, "This is the type of shit that you see hanging over the throne of a man in the Elden Ring, and that man is"Morgolem, Bra

"All that's missing is a dark soul health bar," says Cameron Keywood, "but it's not that bad." Charles, King of Richmond Fingers." Richmond is a reference to a popular British sausage manufacturer. Eric Arthur Blair wrote, "It turns out that it is the boss of the dark soul gimmick and can only damage Charles by attacking butterflies."

You want photoshop with a health bar."This guy's gotchu fam:

There are other big things that do the rounds. The comparison may be even better. "If you did Irl's disgraceful playthrough about the British monarchy, you would find this in King Charles's private quarters," observes Tate Paulson.It's next to a stereograph playing a recording of him confessing to infidelity and making racist remarks about Meghan Markle.

Then, after the following tweets, things escalated:

Hero Moda Timo did God's job by making this a reality: You can now download a mod that puts King Charles Portrait in disgrace (stealing art is a message). It is a crab). The video below shows it in the game.

Finally, PCG always has time for classics:

The most extensive comparison is undoubtedly the Souls series and the Elden Ring. As Mike Drucker skilfully pointed out at the time, in a photo to prove it, "Everyone at the coronation of King Charles looks like a dark soul character before it gets worse."

As for the picture itself, I'll leave you with one bit of art trivia. The artist Jonathan Yeo was commissioned to paint US President George W. at the time. Bush, however, did portraits as collages instead made in porn magazines when the deal fell through Yo. So, despite some memes about demons and video games, Charles may be getting down lightly.