The Queen has praised the florist who designed the displays that decorated Westminster Abbey for the King’s coronation and joked there was not much time to look at them.
Camilla paid tribute to royal florist Shane Connolly when the pair met at as the Queen launched the British Flowers Week exhibition at London’s Garden Museum.
Camilla paid tribute to royal florist Shane Connolly when the pair met at as the Queen launched the British Flowers Week exhibition at London’s Garden Museum.
The abbey was festooned with blooms, sourced from the UK by the florist who is favoured by Camilla, when Charles and the Queen were crowned on May 6.
She told gathered guests who included designers of the displays on show in the exhibition: “They were so beautiful” and she made them laugh when she quipped “I didn’t have a lot of chance to look at them”.
She told gathered guests who included designers of the displays on show in the exhibition: “They were so beautiful” and she made them laugh when she quipped “I didn’t have a lot of chance to look at them”.
He gave a speech highlighting the King and Queen’s “support of British grown flowers” which has “never faltered”.
