How Queen Elizabeth’s funeral wreath commemorated her wedding to Prince Philip

“Rosemary in remembrance; the myrtle, an ancient symbol of a happy marriage, was cut from a plant grown from a sprig of myrtle in Her late Majesty’s wedding bouquet in 1947,” the statement continued. “And the English oak, which symbolizes the power of love.”

The composition also includes “fragrant pelargoniums; garden roses; autumn hydrangea; sedum dahlias; and the scabiosa, all in shades of gold, rose and maroon, with touches of white to reflect the royal standard on which it rests. “

As noted in Buckingham Palace, at the request of His Majesty, the wreath “was made in a completely ecological way, in a nest of English moss and oak branches and without the use of floral foam.”