King Charles III's royal cypher revealed to public - Fox News

Buckingham Palace has unveiled the royal cypher of King Charles III. .

A detailed view of a letter franked with the new cypher of King Charles III at the Court Post Office at Buckingham Palace on Sept.

In the United Kingdom, royal cyphers appear on government property and uniforms to denote ownership by the king or queen.

Charles's cypher features the letters "C" and "R" standing for the name "Charles" and the Latin word "Rex" meaning "king." An additional "III" mark is enclosed in the "R" signifying that Charles is the third king of England to bear the name. .

The first letters are franked with the new cypher of King Charles III in the Court Post Office at Buckingham Palace on Sept.

Charles's late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, bore a cypher of "E" and "R" surrounding the Roman numeral "II," all under the same British crown.

Both Charles and Elizabeth retain alternative versions of their cypher for use in Scotland, where their initials are topped by the more appropriate Crown of Scotland

Queen Elizabeth II's cypher on a horse saddle in Windsor on Sept

postboxes still exist in use that bear the monogram of King George V, who began his reign in 1910

Some government buildings bear the cypher of the royal they were established under, but updating or maintaining the decoration is left to the discretion of individual officials

The cypher of Queen Elizabeth II is pictured on the uniform of a royal guard standing at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept