The King has visited the Royal Windsor Flower Show, which this year is inspired by an idea from his book.

The monarch, who has a passion for gardening, stopped to smell the flowers during his visit to the show, which is billed as “a joyful one-day celebration of gardening, nature, food and traditional crafts”.

Gardener Alan Titchmarsh , who is the honorary president of the Royal Windsor Rose & Horticultural Society, helped to welcome the royal party, including the Duchess of Edinburgh, who officially opened the event.

The theme for this year’s show, held at the York Club in Windsor Great Park, is Patterns in Nature, inspired by the King’s 2010 book called Harmony: A New Way Of Looking At Our World.

The King’s Foundation explains his philosophy of harmony is aimed at understanding “the

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