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• King Charles and Queen Camilla visited the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to view the displays, including a garden co-designed by Sir David Beckham and Alan Titchmarsh. • The event marked the official lifting of the long-standing ban on garden gnomes, which were previously prohibited from the show. • High-profile celebrities such as Joanna Lumley, Bill Bailey, and Sir Brian May participated in the festivities, embracing the return of the gnomes.

Critics of Royal Horticultural Society turn hose on corporate sponsorship, peat-free compost and general ‘wokery’There was King Charles and David Beckham as well as a nocturnal garden to support bats and a Viking-themed allotment full of edible plants in pots. The Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea flower show, which ends on Saturday, was as lovely and celebrity-glittered as ever, most agreed.But dig a little deeper, say critics on the conservative wing of the RHS – including one spectacularly outspoken former contributor – and not everything is necessarily smelling of roses. Continue reading...