A Senedd security worker has retained his ceremonial role of Mace-bearer for the new King and said he'll keep the memory of meeting the Queen "in my heart forever".
Shahzad Khan, a member of the Senedd security team, will perform this "unique duty" for the second time when the King and Queen Consort arrive in Cardiff on Friday. Calling it a "very sombre moment, but also a privilege", Mr Khan was also the Mace-bearer when the Queen visited the Senedd last year in what was her final visit to Wales.
“I was very honoured to be the Mace-bearer when the Queen visited the Senedd last year and I was lost for words when I was asked to do it again," he said. "I have a specific memory of the meeting - just looking at her as she entered the room was an amazing feeling and you could feel the whole room shift. I’ll keep that memory in my heart forever.
