THE QUEEN AND PRINCE CHARLES
PLANTING A TREE AT BALMORAL MEET SCHOOLCHILDREN AS THEY KICK OFF HER MAJESTY’S GREEN CANOPY SCHEME
Her Majesty and the Prince of Wales spread soil over the roots of a copper beech tree at the Balmoral cricket pavilion. The royals show off their work (above) and a warm greeting between mother and son upon arrival at the site (inset)
She may be approaching the incredible milestone of a Platinum Jubilee, but the Queen is just as engaged with her duties as ever, as these remarkable images show.
As her beloved ponies looked on, the 95-yearold monarch helped the Prince of Wales plant a copper beech tree at the Balmoral estate’s cricket pavilion.
Dressed in sturdy wellingtons, a tartan wool skirt and a raincoat, with a leaf-patterned headscarf protecting her hair from the wind, she happily shovelled soil over the roots of the sapling and ignored the blustery weather, which had Prince Charles joking: “Let’s hope it will survive.”