The Queen Consort’s monogram, crafted in collaboration with Ewan Clayton, is set to debut this week

The Queen Consort, Camilla, has revealed her new cypher, a personal design created in collaboration with Ewan Clayton, a former Benedictine monk and current professor of design at the University of Sunderland. The cypher, which will appear on her personal correspondence, gifts, and cards, stands in contrast to the King’s official cypher, which is used on state documents, government buildings, and new post boxes.

The intricate design, which incorporates the initials “CR” below a crown symbol, features the intertwined letters “C” for Camilla and “R” for Regina, Latin for Queen. This more ornate monogram will make its public debut on Thursday when it is used on the cross that Camilla will lay at Westminster Abbey’s Field of Remembrance.

The design was selected from a series of concepts, with Clayton working closely with Tim Noad, a heraldic artist and calligrapher at the College of Arms in London, who had previously crafted the King’s monogram.

Clayton, who trained as a calligrapher, lived at Worth Abbey in Sussex during the mid-1980s, where he was a Benedictine monk. He later became a consultant at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Laboratory, contributing to the development of both Ethernet and the laser printer.

In addition to his work as a designer, Clayton is a core member of the Royal Drawing School, an institution established with support from King Charles, and holds visiting lecturing positions in calligraphy at various academic institutions.