This week, King Charles III and Queen Camilla made a surprise trip to Northern Ireland to continue their coronation celebrations.
made a surprise trip to Northern Ireland to continue their coronation celebrations, and their visit included the opportunity to sit on a throne very unlike the Westminster Abbey relics they were crowned on earlier this month. On Wednesday, the king and queen sat on a purple coronation bench designed by local elementary school children when they visited Hillsborough Castle in County Down.before he sat down alongside his wife.
After sitting on the bench, Camilla spoke to students about the bench and its inspiration. The students at Blythefield Primary School were the winners of Historic Royal Palaces’ competition to create benches inspired by hopes for the king’s reign. According to the organization, which maintains six palaces and historic sites across the UK,
featured flowers that reflect the ethnic diversity of the school, “the costus spectabili for Nigeria; the hibiscus for Malaysia and the waterlily for Bangladesh,” along with a stag motif to symbolize the environment.a police detective who was shot in February by two gunmen potentially connected to a dissident republican group, and also had a private meeting with him.
Earlier in the day, the couple began their visit to the region with a trip to a new Coronation Garden at Hazelbank Park in County Antrim, where they met with the garden’s designer,. “I got to spend a little bit of time with them, we went into the quiet garden with the water dancing and they were asking me where the plants came from, the idea behind the design, and they couldn't have been nicer.
On Thursday, the king and queen began their day with a trip to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Armagh, where they were introduced to two eight-year-olds standing outside.
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