A PORTRAIT OF NOTE FOR KING CHARLES

Published date10 April 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
He praised the notes as "very well designed" and expressed his surprise at being only the second monarch to feature

Charles received a leatherbound booklet containing the historic legal tender from Andrew Bailey at Buckingham Palace yesterday.

It was a milestone moment for the monarch, who is undergoing treatment for an undisclosed cancer, to see his image on the new polymer notes, just over a year and a half since the start of his reign.

Charles inspected the four £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes - the first low-numbered note of each denomination with 01 000001 serial numbers - and pointed and smiled at the details as Mr Bailey turned the pages, showing the front and back.

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