Richard Stone (born 5 June 1951) is a British painter, specialising in portraits.
In 1973, at the age of 22, he became the youngest commissioned royal portrait painter in almost 200 years.
[1][better source needed] Stone claims to have secured the commission by cold-calling Clarence House and saying "I could be a latter-day Rembrandt".
[2] He has completed commissioned portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret, Princes Philip and Andrew, and King Charles III.
[1] Stone's 1992 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II was used by the BBC during the announcement of her death and in the subsequent obituary broadcasts.