What’s it really like to photograph the official portraits at a royal coronation? You know, the ones that will end up on the front pages of newspapers everywhere, all over the world? Well, according to Hugo Burnand, the man who took the official photos of King Charles and Queen Camilla’s coronation at the weekend, it starts with an early morning journey by bike.
On 6 May, as the nation was waking up, Burnand set off at 7am from his London mews house near Notting Hill Gate. With him were a team of six assistants, including his daughter Una, 25. They cycled to Buckingham Palace on bespoke, regal-coloured purple and ivory Brompton bikes in their formal attire – even Una in her pink silk dress.
