‘Beautifully chosen’: David Hockney’s yellow Crocs impress King Charles

Artist's choice of footwear for Order of Merit luncheon highlights shoe brand's enduring popularity

It is a question that must have plagued those attending King Charles's first luncheon for the Order of Merit on Thursday - what to wear while eating partridge pie with the new monarch.

For the 85-year-old artist David Hockney it was simple - his signature checked Savile Row suit, a knitted checkerboard tie ... and a pair of yellow garden Crocs. As a fan of the great outdoors, the king was delighted. Your yellow galoshes!" he remarked. Beautifully chosen."