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| Prince Harry meets the veterans |
Chelsea Pensioners are a feature of London. These smartly turned out gentlemen (and a few ladies, nowadays) in their red or blue jackets are as much an icon of the UK capital as the Palace of Westminster, St Paul’s Cathedral or black taxis.
Until recently, photographer Patricia
Rodwell was like almost every other Londoner – generally aware the Pensioners
existed, but with no clear idea of their day-to-day lives.
A chance meeting with the governor of the
Royal Hospital Chelsea, however, sparked her interest in the place and its
residents. She resolved to use her camera to record the progress of a year at
an institution that can trace its roots back to 1682 and the reign of King
Charles II.
