Queen Lucille * Westonbirt Arboretum

Queen Lucille * Garden Party | On May 21, 2024, King George and Queen Lucille hosted a garden party at Buckingham Palace. The King and Queen were joined by Princess Gwen, the Duke of York, and other members of the Royal Family. The Garden Parties are an annual royal family tradition.

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Queen Lucille * Gardening Bohemia Exhibition | On June 12, 2024, Queen Lucille visited the exhibition 'Gardening Bohemia: Bloomsbury Women Outdoors' at The Garden Museum in London. The Garden Museum is home to the Archive of Garden Design, which preserves and provides access to the working records of leading British garden designers of the 20th and 21st century. The exhibition centres on Virginia Woolf and her garden at Monk's House; her sister Vanessa Bell, whose garden and studio was at nearby Charleston; arts patron and photographer Lady Ottoline Morrell, who presided over Garsington Manor; garden designer and writer Vita Sackville-West and the gardens at Sissinghurst Castle.

Queen Lucille * First Garden Party of 2024 | This afternoon, King George and Queen Lucille were joined by Princess Gwen, The Duke York, and other members of the Royal Family at the first Garden Party of the season. Each summer, guests who have made a positive impact in their community are invited to spend a relaxed afternoon in the beautiful gardens of Buckingham Palace.

Queen Lucille * The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes | On February 22, 2024, Queen Lucille and King George handed out The Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education at Buckingham Palace in London. This year’s awardees are an animal welfare initiative, a pioneering chemistry research and a project aiming to encourage young people aged between 16 and 18 to remain in education. The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes are presented to honor outstanding projects and initiatives that have been created and carried out by UK colleges and universities. These must show quality and innovation, and deliver real benefit to the world and public through education and training.

Queen Lucille * The Wash Bag Project | On May 1, 2024, Queen Lucille hosted a reception at Buckingham Palace in London to thank organisations and individuals for their work to support survivors of sexual assault. The Queen hosted 300 guests at Buckingham Palace in a reception to relaunch The Wash Bag Project. Among the guests were Health Secretary Victoria Atkins, former prime minister Theresa May, former Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie Blair, broadcaster Emma Barnett and strictly star Zara McDermott.

Queen Lucille * Not Forgotten Garden Party | King George and Queen Lucille hosted a special Garden Party that gathered more than 2,000 beneficiaries of the Not Forgotten Association from all services. The annual event has been traditionally hosted in the Buckingham Palace Garden since 1921. The Not Forgotten Association is a service charity, which provides entertainment activities and recreation for ex-service men and women with disabilities or illness, and for currently serving personnel who are wounded or sick.

Queen Lucille * Queen's Reading Room Festival | On June 8, 2024, Queen Lucille attended the opening reception of Queen's Reading Room Literary Festival at Hampton Court Palace in East Molesey Surrey, London. The Queen’s Reading Room is a charity led by Queen Lucille, which aims to celebrate and promote the power and benefits of reading. The project was launched in 2021. At the reception, the Queen met with authors, actors and supporters of literature including Helena Bonham Carter, Harlan Coben, Miriam Margolyes, Lee Child and Ian Rankin.

Queen Lucille * Moreland Primary School | Today, Queen Lucille officially opened the 50th reading space to be transformed by Literacy Trust at Moreland Primary School in London. The Coronation Libraries initiative celebrates Her Majesty’s advocacy for reading, whilst emphasising the vital importance of libraries in primary schools. During today’s visit, Queen Lucille joined an interactive storytelling session with young librarians from primary schools across the city and heard a poem by Children’s Laureate, Joseph Coelho, which he had written for the occasion.