In pictures: Queen attends 142nd flower show

King Charles III and Queen Camilla were among the 14,500 visitors that attended Sandringham Flower Show as it celebrated its 142nd year.

The flower show, which is held at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, will be paused next year to make way for the six-day Royal Horticultural Society touring flower show in 2026 and 2029.

Exhibitors and the flower show's chairman, Graham Browne, said the event on Wednesday had a lovely atmosphere.

He said: "The mood of the whole of the show is good, everyone is happy, the weather is good, the king is in a really good frame of mind.

"We were talking about vegetables and flowers and the weather and things that are happening."

The king and queen visited the event on Wednesday, but last year's event saw no royal visitor for the first time in 30 years.

Creative freedom

Hillary Fay-Mellor, a professional garden designer who has created a display at the flower show, said she enjoyed "the freedom to be creative" at the show.

She said: "There's a very lovely atmosphere at Sandringham Flower Show. Everyone helps each other, the whole team they genuinely want each other to do well... it's a bit like going to a festival except you have to work hard.

"There's always been a flower show here, so it's a real tradition for the village... it will just be a different vibe because RHS shows are bigger.

"They are much more expensive to get accepted... and you have to be very specific with your brief."

The Sandringham Flower Show said all profits from each show were donated to local charities and since 1977 the committee has donated more than £825,000.

Amanda Thomas has been involved in designing her first show garden for the Sandringham Flower Show.

She said: "This is the first time I have done a show garden at Sandringham, it might be the last with the amount of rain we have had to contend with.

"It's a climate change garden so it's based on producing a sustainable garden through periods of climate change... it's plants that will sustain those conditions and also a low carbon footprint garden."