The creator said the poppy has been made with organic paint and would not harm the environment.
A giant poppy has been painted on a meadow to support the Royal British Legion's annual appeal, which launched last week.The thought arose after drone operator Richard Pinches took aerial imagery of the new King's cypher when it was painted in the same location.Image caption,Mr Pinches, whose father was a WWII army veteran and has collected for the cause for seven years, said he wanted to "give something back to the veteran community".
He had been commissioned by Henley-on-Thames Town Council to take drone footage of the new monarch's royal cypher, which was painted to celebrate the Coronation. Mr Pinches said he asked those involved if they would return to create the giant poppy, which they were delighted to. "It took a lot of paint and many hours of filling in after robot had finished the outlines," he said.Image caption,
Mr Pinches worked with Simon Hughes , from Origin Amenity Solutions, and Danny Perkins, from Groundtel
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