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Kate Middleton (surprise) at the Chelsea Flower Show: all the love for nature. The photos

Surprise visit by Kate Middleton to the Chelsea Flower Show. On Monday 22 May, opening day, the Princess of Wales showed up at the event, the most important of the London season, which is held every year in the gardens of the Royal Hospital Chelsea and which will be open until 27 May. In pink, an informal look and in a good mood, Kate slightly preceded the king Charles III and the queen camilla, who arrived a few hours after her.

Kate Middleton on day one of the Chelsea Flower Show ©Getty Images.

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King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be crowned a second time
After the splendor of the ceremony in Westminster, at Edinburgh Cathedral the sovereigns will receive Scottish regalia, a symbol of power since 1500. The date of the event has not yet been confirmed, but it could be next July 5, when the couple will be in Scotland for a week of official events

The princess was mainly entertained with some children, primary school pupils, and with them she took part in a picnic on the grass, the first ever during the event. The idea of ​​establishing it is due to Kate, who in 2019 designed a garden herself, Back To Nature Garden, and suggested to the organizers of the Chelsea Flower Show that it would be very nice to involve even the little ones. No sooner said than done. With the limitations due to the pandemic archived and restarting in style, the organizers followed the advice of the princess, today she is portrayed happier than ever in a habitat that is very congenial to her, in the middle of nature and surrounded by children.

Kate Middleton during her picnic with the children attending the event ©IPA.

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With the little pupils he talked about plants and vegetables, telling them how gratifying it is to see something grown in person grow and then eat it. Her children at school also have similar experiences. «Louis is growing beans», Kate revealed, “You put them in a cup and you can see the roots growing. They become degrees as quickly as sunflowers», he confided to a child who is growing these very flowers in his class. The discussion then moved on to the advantages of outdoor life: «It’s so good for our body and our mind», the words of the princess.

It was Kate’s idea to admit children to the Chelsea Flower Show ©IPA.

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For the young guests of the event, who asked for a memento of the day, no autograph from Kate, who specified that she was not authorized to sign anything: «My name is Catherine, but I can’t write it», she said (it’s a rule stricture of the royal family, to prevent the signatures from being used to create false and illicit documents, ed) but for them he was able to draw. Palm trees, trees and flowersa very special souvenir, definitely more beautiful than an autograph.

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Source: Vanity Fair

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