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King all smiles as he meets David Beckham at Chelsea Flower Show
Key takeaways
- Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent PAKing Charles meets celebrities including Sir David Beckham at the flower show.
- King Charles and Queen Camilla were at this year's Chelsea Flower Show, a strange and beautiful place.
- For only the second time, a ban on gnomes has been lifted this year by the Royal Horticultural Society, an opportunity that seemed to have been grasped by gardeners with both tiny ceramic hands.
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Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent PAKing Charles meets celebrities including Sir David Beckham at the flower show. It must be a strange job being King. One minute you're facing up to US President Donald Trump in the US Congress. The next you're being introduced to garden gnomes.
King Charles and Queen Camilla were at this year's Chelsea Flower Show, a strange and beautiful place.
For only the second time, a ban on gnomes has been lifted this year by the Royal Horticultural Society, an opportunity that seemed to have been grasped by gardeners with both tiny ceramic hands.
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