King Charles and Queen Camilla kept up with a royal summer tradition and visited the Sandringham Flower Show.
On 26th July, Their Majesties stepped out of the House on the royal estate and were greeted by the staff and volunteers that organise the event each year.
And there was something to smile about when, soon into their visit, they came across a pie that was created to resemble King Charles. When The Queen saw it, she was heard joking: “That looks very much like my husband”.
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The pie was one of the entries for a baked goods contest, which this year had the theme ‘a dainty dish to set before a king’.
The King and Queen were also given a tour of a dry garden, something that will have undoubtedly caught the attention of His Majesty. Dry gardens are designed to use as little water as possible, while still maintaining their multiple purposes: not only being a design feature, but also to serve as a safe environment for local endangered species thus preserving biodiversity.
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The King and Queen dressed on theme, with hues of earthy colours, like green and sand, and were seen relaxedly share a chat with members of the public that were touring the exhibit at that time.
Their Majesties also toured the stalls that host representations of the work done daily by local charities. In particular, they stopped at the booth of the Sandringham Women Institute, of which the late Queen Elizabeth II was President.
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The current Vice-President, Yvonne Browne, told media that she wishes for Queen Camilla to follow in her late mother-in-law’s footsteps, and pick up the presidency of the Institute: “That would be a great day”, she concluded.
The Sandringham Flower Show is celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2023, and was launched initially to showcase the talents of the Sandringham Estate workers. It was soon expanded to include local charities, and it was under King George VI and Queen Elizabeth that there were Challenge Cups added, to raise even more funds, all of which are donated back to the charities. Since 1977, the Sandringham Flower Show has collected more than £800,000.