The curtains will be crafted in collaboration with renowned specialists Gerriets and the Royal School of Needlework and are due to be unveiled in May.

The Royal Opera House has commissioned new stage curtains to honour the King.

The current main stage curtains at the venue in London’s Covent Garden have been hanging for 26 years, and it is estimated they have been opened and closed on more than 10,000 performances.

A spokesman for the Royal Ballet and Opera said the new curtains will feature the personal cipher of Charles, who is patron of the Royal Opera House, Royal Opera, and Royal Ballet, and will symbolise the enduring relationship between the monarchy and the arts.

The new pair will be made of mohair velour and constructed in two parts, each measuring 9.75m wide with a 10.8m drop

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