Meghan Markle and Prince Harry praised for donating royal wedding flowers to hospices and women's refuges

One hospice in London shared a picture of a patient looking delighted with their bouquet
A patient receives a bouquet of flowers made from Prince Harry and Meghan's wedding
St Joseph's Hospice, Hackney
Lucia Binding21 May 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have made the “lovely gesture” of donating some of their wedding flowers to a hospice in London.

The blooms that adorned St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle on Saturday, designed by esteemed self-taught florist Philippa Craddock, have been sent to various hospices and women's refugees.

St Joseph's Hospice in Hackney announced on Facebook on Sunday that the staff had just received the “very special delivery” of “beautiful bouquets made from the #royalwedding flowers.”

The healthcare facility accompanied their announcement with a photo of a patient looking delighted with her bouquet.

They wrote: “Today we got a very special delivery. Beautiful bouquets made from the #royalwedding flowers which we gave to our patients.

“A big thank you to Harry and Meghan and florist Philippa Craddock. Our hospice smells and looks gorgeous. Such a lovely gesture”.

The flowers at St George's Chapel
Danny Lawson/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

The public praised Harry and Meghan for their kind donation, with one person commenting: “What a wonderful gesture. Everyone in the hospices, seniors deserve to be spoiled. Harry and Meghan have really started something. Their compassion will never be forgotten ... Diana would be so proud of both of them!”

Someone else said: “Beautiful and thoughtful way to celebrate their special day”.

The new Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s wedding flowers already held sentimental value before the donation. Among the different plants, including Meghan’s favourite – peonies – there were white garden roses, beloved by the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

Meghan’s wedding bouquet also featured forget-me-nots, another one of Diana’s favourites.

Other flower arrangements at the ceremony included foxgloves, branches of beech, birch and hornbeam.

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Hamish Shephard, the CEO of wedding planning app Bridebook, estimated ahead of the royal wedding that the flowers would cost around £110,000.

He told the Standard: “All these different venues means they will have an enormous number of flowers. Everything is going to be the best of the best, and something like floristry is where your budget grows, a massive amount of it goes on flowers, meaning they will cost at least £110,000”.

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