Shropshire man Aidan Hart designed the screen which shielded the King during the anointing.
Journalist, BBC Radio Shropshire
Aidan Hart, of Shropshire, got a phone call in November from His Majesty's chief private secretary asking him to be involved. "The anointing, which is the peak of the service, is not filmed," explained Mr Hart. "The Queen had a canopy but the King wanted three screens.The iconographer said he had known the King for 25 years and had previously had pieces commissioned by him, so the phone call had not been a huge shock.
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