King Charles missing out on life-long love in twilight years - 'but he has no regrets'

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From planting vegetables as a child alongside his sister, Princess Anne, to his magnificent reinvention of Highgrove, our green-fingered monarch has been a lifelong pioneer of gardening. “As I get older, all I really long for is to plant trees.” So said our King, back in 2018, as he mused on how – had he not been born into arguably the world’s most famous family – he would choose to spend his twilight years.

Sadly, a gruelling schedule of royal duties means King Charles isn’t free to while away his days digging holes and stuffing them with saplings, but indulging his green fingers is still a key part of the monarch’s day-to-day life. “He’s a very good gardener,” says Graham Dillamore, Head Gardener at Historic Royal Palaces. “He knows his plants, he knows soil, he knows how to make things grow.

He’s one of us and it’s inspiring.” Charles fell in love with nature as a little boy, when he and Princess Anne would play amongst Buckingham Palace’s immaculate lawns and flowerbeds.

Speaking to Gardeners World in 2018, he revealed that he and his sister had their own little plot “where we grew vegetables and things”.