A new royal cypher revealed for King Charles III
The King chose it from various designs produced by the College of Arms.
The monogram combines his initial "C" and "R" for Rex, the Latin for the king, plus III for the third King Charles.
The cypher, a visual identity for the new reign, replaces the E II R of Queen Elizabeth II.
There will be other changes ahead to mark the new reign of King Charles:
This personal monogram of the new monarch will have its first application in the Buckingham Palace post room on Tuesday when it will be used to open letters from the Royal Households.
It's an image that will be used more widely, from uniforms to official stationery to public buildings.
There are still boxes in use from the reign of Queen Victoria, Edward VII, George V and VI, and the original cyphers remain until boxes need to be replaced.
Almost 70,000 of the current post boxes, about 60% of the total, date from the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. There are only about 170 surviving from the short reign of Edward VIII, who abdicated in 1936.
Boxes already under construction or ready for installation will continue to have the late Queen's cypher, Royal Mail says.
Where royal cyphers appear on buildings, it will be up to individual organisations to decide when or if they will be updated.
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