The portrait was released to mark Scotland’s Burns Night, which celebrates the life and career of the iconic national poet Robert Burns. For the occasion, Charles posed in his kilt for royal photographer Millie Pilkington while standing in the library of Balmoral castle in Scotland.

King Charles III is celebrating his Scottish roots in a new photo released by Buckingham Palace on Saturday,4. The monarch, 76, can be seen wearing a kilt made from the King Charles III tartan in the picture,

A new photograph of King Charles III wearing a tartan kilt at Balmoral Castle has been released to mark Burns Night. The image was taken in the library of the Royal Family's Scottish holiday home in Aberdeenshire in the autumn.

Buckingham Palace published a new photograph of King Charles wearing a kilt made of a tartan named in his honour to mark the birthday of Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns on Saturday.

The Royal Family has released a striking new portrait of King Charles to mark Burns Night. The palace posted on X: "Wishing those celebrating a very happy #BurnsNight tonight. The King in the Library at Balmoral Castle, taken by Millie Pilkington."

King Charles is kicking off Burns Night with a new kilted look.

Buckingham Palace published a photo of King Charles in a kilt to celebrate Scotland’s poet Robert Burns. The kilt, in the King Charles III tartan, was designed by the Scottish Tartans Authority. The palace also revealed his ongoing cancer treatment after a diagnosis following a medical procedure.