From its inception in 1913, Chelsea Flower Show has always attracted royalty including a selection who have even helped to create gardens for the show. Below are a series of photographs offering a snapshot of the royals at the Chelsea Flower Show .
1913-1947
1930s: King George V and Queen Mary at the Chelsea Flower Show, - © (Daily Express Publication, London, 1936). (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images) 1949-1979
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1947: Royal party by formal pond at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. - © RHS Lindley Collection 1971 to 2019
May 1971: Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother during a visit to the Chelsea Flower Show - © (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
1984: Princess Diana at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, May 1984. - © (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)
1988: Princess Anne. The Princess Royal at the Chelsea Flower Show - © (Photo by Ken Lennox/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
2012: Queen Elizabeth II during a visit to the Chelsea Flower Show at Royal Hospital Chelsea - © (Photo by Lefteris Pitarakis - WPA Pool /Getty Images)
2015: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Harry attend at the annual Chelsea Flower show at Royal Hospital Chelsea. - © (Photo by Julian Simmonds - WPA Pool / Getty Images)
2015: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Price Harry attend the annual Chelsea Flower show at Royal Hospital Chelsea - © (Photo by Julian Simmonds - WPA Pool / Getty Images)
2015: Prince Harry chats to designer Matt Keightley as he visits the Sentebale 'Hope In Vunerability' Garden during the annual Chelsea Flower show at Royal Hospital Chelsea. - © (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images for Sentebale)
2015: Zara Phillips visits the annual Chelsea Flower show at Royal Hospital Chelsea - © (Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images)
2015: Prince Charles, Prince Of Wales, Price Harry and Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall attend the annual Chelsea Flower show at Royal Hospital Chelsea - © (Photo by Julian Simmonds - WPA Pool / Getty Images)
2009: Queen Elizabeth II presents Prince Charles, Prince of Wales with the Royal Horticultural Society's Victoria Medal of Honour during a visit to the Chelsea Flower Show in 2009 in London. - © (Photo by Sang Tan/WPA Pool/Getty Images)
The Queen And Prince Philip Visiting The Chelsea Flower Show In London - © (Photo by Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)
2016: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge attend Chelsea Flower Show press day at Royal Hospital Chelsea, - © (Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images)
2019: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visits her garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show - © (Photo by Yui Mok – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
2019: Queen Elizabeth and William, the Duke of Cambridge are given a tour by Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, of her RHS Back to Nature Garden, which she designed with landscape architects Andree Davies and Adam White of Davies White Landscape Architects at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show - © . .RHS / Luke MacGregor
2018: Queen Elizabeth speaks with Ian Limmer on the Peter Beales Roases exhibition as she attends the RHS Chelsea Flower Show - © RHS / Luke MacGregor
2018: Sophie the Countess of Wessex is escorted by RHS Council member Chris Blundel , left, and RHS Director of Technology and Editorial Matt Rooke in the RHS Feel Good Garden - © RHS/Suzanne Plunkett
2019: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visits her garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show - © (Photo by Yui Mok – WPA Pool/Getty Images) In 2020
Of course, 2020 was the year of Virtual Chelsea! But the Queen was there in spirit.
In 2021
Anne, Princess Royal visits the Great Pavilion during a private view of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show - © Suzanne Plunkett/RHS In 2022
Britain's Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex chat with garden designer Jason Williams at the Cirrus Garden during a visit to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022 - © RHS/Suzanne Plunkett Britain's Queen Elizabeth tours the gardens in a buggy with RHS president Keith Weed during a royal visit to RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022 - © RHS/Suzanne Plunkett Britain's Princess Beatrice visits The Mind Garden designed by Andy Sturgeon during a visit to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022 - © RHS/Suzanne Plunkett Britain's Prince Edward and Sophie the Countess of Wessex talk with Philip Harkness at the Harkness Roses exhibition stand during a visit to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London. - © RHS/Suzanne Plunkett In 2023
A newly crowned King Charles III presents The Elizabeth Medal of Honour at RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2023 - © Oliver Dixon/RHS King Charles III and Queen Camilla at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023 - © Oliver Dixon King Charles presents the Elizabeth Medal of Honour at Cheslea Flower Show 2023 - © RHS/Oliver Dixon In 2024
King Charles III and Britain's Queen Camilla at the 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show © Arthur Edwards - WPA Pool/Getty Images Queen Camilla at The Chelsea Flower Show © Adrian Dennis - WPA Pool/Getty Images King Charles III (R) speaks with Alan Titchmarsh (L) during a visit to the 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show © Arthur Edwards - WPA Pool/Getty Images King Charles III (L) visits the 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show © Arthur Edwards - WPA Pool/Getty Images 
