King Charles has received a gift that’s usually just for Queen Camilla.
As The King left St. Asaph Cathedral following the Maundy service, he was presented with a posy of spring flowers.
Usually, just royal women are presented with flowers. But all the leading figures at the Maundy service are given posies which meant King Charles left St. Asaph Cathedral carrying a bouquet of spring flowers.
The presentation of the posies is traced back to medieval times, when people were given nosegays to mask bad smells. The bouquets also symbolise the herbs and flowers associated with washing of the feet, which used to be carried out by the Monarch as a sign of humility and to follow the actions of Jesus who washed the feet of his disciples at the Last Supper.
Now the flowers are handed over at the end of the service and King Charles, as is traditional, held them for the formal photos that were taken outside St. Asaph following the ceremony.
The bouquet was made up of bright spring flowers, including purple and yellow blooms, and contained in the traditional white fringed surrounds.
The King had travelled to St. Asaph for the traditional Maundy Service, the first time it has been held in north Wales and only the second time it’s been held in Wales at all.
During the service, The King presented Maundy Money to 77 men and 77 women, one for each year of his age. All have been chosen for their work in their communities.
They each received one white purse and one red purse of specially minted coins.
King Charles and Queen Camilla later went on a walk about to meet some of the crowds that had gathered to see them at St. Asaph.
The King and Queen will now travel to Windsor where the will spend Easter. They will lead the Royal Family at the Easter Sunday service where it’s expected they will be joined by the Prince and Princess of Wales.
However, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie will not be there. They are spending Easter elsewhere. It follows renewed controversy about the friendship of their father, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, and their mother, Sarah Ferguson, with the convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.
