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The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a five-day garden show held in May by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). The show is held on the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London.
The Royals attend each year on the preview day (Monday) before the show officially starts. Extended family is not usually listed.
King Charles III's Reign
No one has taken over the Patronage of the Royal Horticultural Society. (None of Queen Elizabeth's final patronages have been passed on yet. Except of those that explicitly say in their charter that they automatically pass on to the next patron.)
| Royal | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King Charles | X | - | - | - | - |
| Queen Camilla | X | - | - | - | - |
| Prince William | - | - | - | - | |
| Princess Kate | X | - | - | - | - |
| Beatrice & Edo | X | - | - | - | - |
| Eugenie & Jack | - | - | - | - | |
| Edward & Sophie | - | - | - | - | |
| Anne & Tim | - | - | - | - | |
| Duke & Duchess of Gloucester | X | - | - | - | |
| Duke of Kent | - | - | - | - | |
| Prince & Princess Michael of Kent | X | - | - | - | - |
| Princess Alexandra | W/ family | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Queen Elizabeth II’s Reign
(Charts show 2011-Present)
Queen Elizabeth II, as Patron of the Royal Horticultural Society, attended almost every year.
| Royal | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth | X | * | X | |||
| Philip | X | dead | ||||
| Charles | * | |||||
| Camilla | * | |||||
| William | X | |||||
| Kate | X | X | ||||
| Andrew | X | |||||
| Beatrice & Edo | Just Beatrice | X | ||||
| Eugenie & Jack | X | |||||
| Edward & Sophie | X | Just Sophie | X | * | X | |
| Anne & Tim | X | Just Anne | X | |||
| Duke & Duchess of Gloucester | X | * | X | |||
| Duke of Kent | X | X | ||||
| Prince & Princess Michael of Kent | X | X | Just Princess (Pr. M Canceled) | |||
| Princess Alexandra | X | * | X | |||
| Total | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
Notes:
- 2019: The Cambridge children visited the Back to Nature Garden, co-designed by Duchess Kate, on the Sunday before the Show.
- 2020: Canceled due to the Coronavirus. Those marked with * participated in the Virtual Flower Show.
- 2021: Postponed to September, due to pandemic. Extended an extra day to make things less crowded.
- 2022: Queen drove around in golf buggy for the first time at the show due to mobility issues. Prince Michael of Kent canceled due to unknown reason.
| Royal | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth | X | |||||
| Philip | X | |||||
| Charles | X | X | ||||
| Camilla | X | X | X | |||
| William | X | |||||
| Kate | X | |||||
| Harry | X | X | ||||
| Andrew | X | X | ||||
| Beatrice | X | X | X | |||
| Eugenie & Jack | X | |||||
| Edward & Sophie | X | X | ||||
| Anne & Tim | X | Just Anne | X | |||
| Duke & Duchess of Gloucester | X | Just Duchess | X | |||
| Duke of Kent | X | |||||
| Prince & Princess Michael of Kent | X | Just Princess? | X | |||
| Princess Alexandra | X | X | ||||
| Total | 13 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 16 |
Notes:
- 2013: 100th Anniversary of RHS Chelsea Flower Show
- 2016: Queen’s 90th Birthday
How do they decide the dates for the flower show?
ReplyDeleteIt is always the same time each year, in late May.
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