King Charles III’s new royal symbol is revealed!

Youmight be seeing this symbol popping up on postboxes over the next few months and years... King Charles’ new royal cypher.

A cypher means a secret way of writing or a code. The royal cypher tends to have the initial of the King or Queen’s name and title on it, sometimes interwoven together and with a crown at the top.

In Commonwealth realms, the title is shortened as ‘R’ for ‘Rex’ or ‘Regina’. These are Latin for King and Queen.

So in this new picture, it combines King Charles’ initial ‘C’, and R for Rex, plus the III because he is known as King Charles III.