Flowers the stars at Chelsea Flower Show despite dazzle of celebrity

Members of Britain’s royal family and celebrities were the first to get a glimpse of this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, which features everything from a train carriage as part of a 550sq m planted-up station to a garden of bizarre gadgetry by Diarmuid Gavin which comes to life every 15 minutes.

Security at the show has been beefed up in the wake of attacks in Brussels and Paris, as Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, her husband Philip the duke of Edinburgh, William and Kate the duke and duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry toured the exhibits.

Great British Bake Off star Mary Berry, who helped fashion chain Zara sell out of a floral bomber jacket when she wore it on the show, shunned foliage for a bright turquoise outfit. The baker happily posed with the new Harkness rose, which has been named after her.