--- title: What happens to the flowers at royal wedding? description: So what happens with all the flowers at the royal wedding? Prince Harry and Meghan Markle donated bouquets to local hospital patients. canonical: https://time.com/5285293/flowers-at-royal-wedding/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-21T12:39:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:38.557Z og:title: Meghan and Prince Harry Did Something Special With All Those Royal Wedding Flowers og:description: It was a heartwarming gesture og:url: https://time.com/5285293/flowers-at-royal-wedding/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadbb79c48457386f/698930e0db2987780f25fb46/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-prince-harry-church-wedding-exit.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Royal wedding og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meghan and Prince Harry Did Something Special With All Those Royal Wedding Flowers twitter:description: It was a heartwarming gesture twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadbb79c48457386f/698930e0db2987780f25fb46/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-prince-harry-church-wedding-exit.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meghan and Prince Harry Did Something Special With Those Royal Wedding Flowers ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. It was a heartwarming gesture_ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 21, 2018 12:39 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 21, 2018 12:39 PM UTC The elaborate [flowers](http://time.com/5260934/royal-wedding-diana-tribute/) that decorated [St. George’s Chapel](http://time.com/5276277/royal-wedding-live/) for Meghan and Prince Harry’s [2018 royal wedding](http://time.com/5284832/empty-seat-at-the-royal-wedding/) have found a touching second home at St. Joseph’s Hospice in London. The hospital announced that it got a “very special delivery” of some world famous blooms on Sunday. “A big thank you to Harry and Meghan and florist Philippa Craddock,” St. Joseph’s wrote in a thank you [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/StJoHospice/photos/a.575830002492937.1073741839.133850090024266/1671617819580811/?type=3) post. “Our hospice smells and looks gorgeous. Such a lovely gesture.” According to the [BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-44194868), one patient had a special connection to the main event. Pauline Clayton, 89, said she worked for Norman Hartnell as a teenager to help embroider [Queen Elizabeth II’s Botticelli-esque wedding gown](http://time.com/5246940/british-royal-wedding-dresses/). But before patients even got the hand-tied bouquets, the royal wedding flowers carried another poignant message. Floral installment designer Philippa Craddock used white garden roses, loved by the late Princess Diana, to fill the archway above the threshold where Meghan took her first steps into St. George Chapel. There were also peonies, birch and beech branches in the mix throughout the chapel. For Meghan’s bespoke bridal bouquet, Prince Harry picked a number of flowers from the couple’s private garden at their home in Kensington Palace. It included another go-to flower for Princess Diana: forget-me-nots. 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