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Artist crafts King Charles portrait from 42 slices of Marmite toast to mark Coronation

A former Britain's Got Talent contestant has wowed fans with his creative 'toast' to celebrate the Coronation.

Nathan Wyburn, 33, created a portrait of King Charles using one of his favourite sandwich fillings - Marmite.

The Welsh artist also used 42 slices of toasted bread to capture the monarch's likeness.

His efforts came from a plan to create artwork of the King using ingredients from his favourite sarnie - which includes a fried egg, pesto, gruyere cheese and the famous yeast spread - according to the Daily Mail.

But crafting the artwork to 'raise a toast' to the King was not a piece of cake.

Nathan Wyburn wanted to 'raise a toast' (PA)
And he went all out (PA)

The creative said toasting all of the bread in the four-piece toaster it his flat was the 'most tedious part' of the process, as it took him two hours and required a large jar of Marmite.

Luckily, he thought his efforts were worthwhile. "When I found out that the King himself actually loves Marmite as part of his favourite sandwich, that seemed even more fitting to know that he would totally approve of this," Mr Wyburn told the PA news agency.

Talking of the arduous process, he added: "If a slice did slightly burn then I always just put it in a darker area of the portrait or scraped off the bits of burnt bread," he said.

"The Marmite itself allows for a perfect tonal difference in the portrait – it's quite dark against the colour of the toast, so it allows me to get that contrast that I need for the portrait to pop out."

The artist, who appeared on Britain's Got Talent in 2011, has previously met Charles and showed him his work using coffee.

He said the King's 'distinctive features' helped him to perfect his latest creation. "I think what helps is that everybody knows what he looks like – that can be a bit of pressure at the same time.

"But because he's got quite a lot of distinctive features, and he's of an age where it allows the face to have more character, it helped get those features to pop out with the Marmite because it's such a dark tone – it is perfect against the toasts.

"So, (the King) being so instantly recognisable is a great help for me."

He added: "There’s a great connection between myself, my work and the royal family," he said.

"To do this Marmite portrait just seemed like the most obvious fit for what I do as an artist."

It also likely went down a treat with his flatmates who shared and enjoyed the toast in an effort to ensure there was 'no waste'.

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