Royal Mail reveals image of King Charles that will be on first and second class stamps from April

THIS is the image of the King that will be on first and second class stamps from April.

The Royal Mail’s David Gold said the simplicity of it is “almost saying, ‘This is me and I’m at your service’, which is actually rather humbling”.

David Gold, Royal Mail's director of external affairs and policy, said they received guidance from the King to maintain "continuity".

Mr Gold said: "The guidance we got from His Majesty was more about continuity and not doing anything too different to what had gone before.

"I think perhaps there's an acknowledgement that, for 70 years people have been so used to seeing the image of Her Majesty, even though actually the current image only started in 1967, they didn't want to do anything too different to what had gone before.

"Personally, I think what marks this stamp out is that there is no embellishment at all, no crown, just simply the face of the human being, on the plain background, almost saying, 'this is me and I'm at your service', which I think in this modern age is actually rather humbling."