14 Sep 2022

Paul Thomas - florist to the Queen

From Lately, 10:18 pm on 14 September 2022

Large queues of mourners have formed outside Westminster Hall in London, where Queen Elizabeth will lie in state for the next four days.

On her casket is expected to be a funeral wreath with her favourite flower lily of the valley.

Karyn speaks to Paul Thomas who has been a florist to the Queen and royal family for more than 20 years.

She also plays a poem written in tribute to the Queen from the UK's Poet Laureate Simon Armitage. 

Floral tributes are pictured in Green Park, near Buckingham Palace, in London on September 11, 2022. - Charles III was formally proclaimed Britain's new king by the Accession Council on Saturday in a history-laden ceremony following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II.

Thousands of floral tributes were laid in Green Park, near Buckingham Palace, in memory of the Queen. Photo: AFP / SEBASTIEN BOZON