King Charles and Queen Camilla Tour Chelsea Flower Show, Where Another Family Member Worked on a Display

King Charles and Queen Camilla pause to smell the flowers.

The King, 75, and Queen, 76, stepped out at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show in London on May 20. They were joined by other members of the royal family: Queen Elizabeth’s first cousins, the Duke of Gloucester (with his wife, the Duchess of Gloucester) and Prince Michael of Kent (with his wife, Princess Michael).

The group was greeted by Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) President Keith Weed before touring the gardens and viewing displays, including ‘Garden No Adults’, the first display in an exhibition ‘designed by children for children’ by pupils from Sullivan Primary School.

King Charles and Queen Camilla with pupils from Sulivan Primary School at the Chelsea Flower Show on 20 May 2024.

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During the visit, Queen Camilla posed with an unlikely couple: knitted statues of her dogs, Tinkerbell and Beth! The Jack Russell terriers, both rescue animals from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, have accompanied her on royal outings, appeared in official portraits and even got a nod on Queen Camilla’s coronation dress, which featured two embroidered golden dogs along the hem of her dress .

The royal also revealed that she had been seeing each other Bridgerton.

“I watched the first part,” she said during the exit, according to royal reporter Rebecca English.

Queen Camilla at the Chelsea Flower Show on May 20, 2024.

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As a special addition to this year’s visit, it was announced earlier this month that King Charles, a keen gardener himself, is the new Patron of the Royal Horticultural Society.

King Charles recently resumed a fuller schedule of royal duties, including public outings, amid cancer treatment. The monarch joked during a May 9 trip to the Royal School of Military Engineering that he was glad to be “out of his cage”.

The Chelsea Flower Show is the start of the summer festival season in and around London. Members of the Royal Family are regular visitors to the annual Chelsea Flower Show, which was founded in 1913 and has become one of the world’s greatest showcases of horticultural excellence.

King Charles at the Chelsea Flower Show on May 20, 2024.

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This year Lady Amelia Windsor contributed her first exhibition at the Chelsea Flower Show.

The granddaughter of the Duke of Kent and second cousin once removed of King Charles, who is currently 43rd in line to the throne, teamed up with Kent Wildflower Seeds for the garden, which she visited on May 20 in a gingham dress and white sneakers.

Lady Amelia Windsor at the Chelsea Flower Show on May 20, 2024.

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Kate Middleton, who is currently staying out of the public eye as she undergoes cancer treatment, is also a fan of the event. In 2019, she helped design a “Back to Nature” garden that highlighted the benefits of outdoor play — and her family approved! During the visit with Prince William and their three children – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis – the children enjoyed jumping on a rope swing, dipping their toes in a stream and exploring a treehouse.

“In recent years, I have focused much of my work on the early years and how important they are to outcomes later in life,” she said in a statement at the time. “I believe spending time outdoors when we’re young can play a role in laying the foundation for children to become happy, healthy adults.”

From left: Queen Elizabeth, Prince William and Kate Middleton in May 2019.

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Queen Elizabeth, who died in 2022, also visited her granddaughter’s garden.

“It’s very neat,” commented the history-making monarch.

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