The King has approved proposals for new commemorative coins marking Queen Camilla’s 80th birthday, the centenary of Queen Elizabeth II’s birth and several other significant historical anniversaries.
The proposals were among a series of matters considered at a meeting of the Privy Council at Buckingham Palace on 14 October.
Constitutional specialist David Torrance shared details of the meeting on social media, including five proclamations determining the specifications and designs for new series of coins.
One of the proposed coin designs will celebrate Queen Camilla’s 80th birthday, which falls in July 2027, alongside the 75th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne.
The same coin will also mark 1,000 years since the birth of William the Conqueror and feature the Archangel Michael.
Queen Camilla was born on 17 July 1947 and will celebrate her 80th birthday next year. The milestone will come just months after the centenary of Queen Elizabeth II’s birth on 21 April 2026.
A second proclamation covers a coin depicting either the five official coinage portraits of Queen Elizabeth II or Julius Caesar.
Another design will feature St George and the dragon, one of the most recognisable traditional images associated with British coinage.
The proposals also include a series celebrating major anniversaries in British broadcasting and sport. These will mark 100 years of broadcasting the Proms on the BBC, 150 years of the Wimbledon Championships, or 100 years of the Ryder Cup.
A fifth proclamation will commemorate the 300th anniversary of the death of Sir Isaac Newton, the renowned English mathematician and physicist who died in 1727.
The Privy Council is a formal body of advisers to the King, responsible for advising on certain constitutional and official matters. The King presided over the meeting at Buckingham Palace on 14 October.
