In Photos: All the Royals and Celebrities Who Attended the 2026 Chelsea Flower Show

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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Irish president Catherine Connolly stopped by the Chelsea Flower Show on the second day of a three-day trip to the UK. Connolly met with King Charles at Buckingham Palace on Monday. She will visit the London Irish Center in Camden later on Tuesday and Leeds University on Wednesday before completing her tour.

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Lady Amelia Windsor was back for a second day, checking out British designer Penelope Chilvers’s installation “The Flower Room” with journalist and bestselling author Yomi Adegoke, whose works include The List and Slay in Your Lane.

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King Charles toured the new gardens on display upon arrival on Monday, including the Tokonoma Garden, inspired by a traditional Japanese courtyard.

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Among one of the flowers being showcased this year is The King’s Rose, a new and unique English shrub named in honor of King Charles. The fuchsia and white striped flower took 12 years to create.

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The King also greeted Zinc, a friendly cocker spaniel, while visiting the show on press day.

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Queen Camilla, dressed more casually in a Fiona Clare jacket with a floral dress and carrying a Bottega Veneta “Casette” clutch, is seen touring the Parkinson’s UK “A Garden for Every Parkinson’s Journey” installation with designer Arit Anderson (right). The jewel-toned perennials and annuals were chosen for their qualities to uplift and energize, while the woodland elements reflect calmness.

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The Queen, known to love a good brooch, wore one of her “bug brooches” from her personal collection. This one appeared to be the horsefly, which features a sapphire also set with diamond wings.

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Princess Anne and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, also joined the King and Queen for press day at the flower show.

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After a full weekend at the Royal Chelsea Horse Show with her husband, Prince Edward, and daughter, Lady Louise, the Duchess of Edinburgh toured the show, dressed in a rose-hued long coat.

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Lady Eliza Spencer and Lady Amelia Spencer, the twin nieces of Princess Diana, opted for all-black cocktail attire by Dune London, stopping by the flower show in the evening.

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Bridgerton’s Golda Rosheuvel left Queen Charlotte’s elaborate gowns at home and opted for something far more modern and comfortable in this dark tailored suit with a bright silk scarf and black and white sneakers.

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There was a small Bridgerton reunion at the show on Monday. Here Rosheuvel and Ruth Gemmell, who plays family matriarch Violet Bridgerton on the Netflix series, are seen with landscape designer Catherine MacDonald. Her third year at the Chelsea Flower Show, MacDonald was the mind behind the Boodles Garden, the site of Monday’s reception.

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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, appeared at the Boodles Garden on Monday. The installation draws inspiration from four historical sites in and around London: the layout of the Tower of London, the architectural elements of Hampton Court Palace, the decorative ceiling of the Picnic Room in Queen Charlotte’s Cottage at Kew Palace, and deep red tones from the wallpaper at Kensington Palace.

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A close friend of Queen Camilla and occasionally seen at royal events, Judi Dench was all smiles on the first day of the Chelsea Flower Show, seen here with British TV presenter Ben Shepherd.

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Rachel King (she/her) is a news writer at Town & Country. Before joining T&C, she spent nearly a decade as an editor at Fortune. Her work covering travel and lifestyle has appeared in Forbes, Observer, Robb Report, Cruise Critic, and Cool Hunting, among others. Originally from San Francisco, she lives in New York with her wife, their daughter, and a precocious labradoodle. Follow her on Instagram at @rk.passport.

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