The King and Queen Camilla visited the Sandringham Flower Show today.
The royal couple met with exhibitors and members of the public during the royal engagement at Sandringham Park.
The Sandringham Flower Show takes place at the park with Sandringham House and the Church of St Mary Magdalene as a backdrop.
The show, which only lasts for one day, attracts around 20,000 visitors each year.
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|The King and Queen Camilla visited the Sandringham Flower Show today.
The profits from each show are donated to local charities.
To date, the Show Committee has given around £825,000 to good causes.
King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived by carriage and proceeded to the Committee tent.
The couple then toured the show and met with guests, members of local gardening and horticultural clubs and charity supporters.
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|King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived by carriage and proceeded to the Committee tent.
The guests included members of the Sandringham Women’s Institute, of which Camilla is the President.
After meeting with members of the public, King Charles and Queen Camilla departed.
Many of East Anglia's leading nurseries and horticultural specialists exhibit at the Sandringham Flower Show.
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|The royal couple met with exhibitors and members of the public during the royal engagement at Sandringham Park.
In addition to this, it features display gardens by leading designers, around 200 trade stands, charity stands, children's entertainment and the Springwood High School band.
The Royal marquees host competitions in vegetables, fruit, flowers and floral art, with the entries grown by local residents; there are also some open classes which anyone may enter.
In the amateurs' marquee, local gardening and horticultural clubs enter a display competition, which is judged, whilst the horticultural trades marquee features displays by nurseries.