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Duke of Kent at NMA

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Duke meets dignatories

  • The Duke of Kent and the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire, James Hawley, were welcomed by Arboretum Director David Childs. Looking on is Lichfield District Council Chief Executive, Nina Dawes and Sir Henry Every


    The weather stayed fine for the National Memorial Arboretum's fourth royal visitor in six months.

    The Duke of Kent visited the Alrewas site on Monday to pay tribute to the late Lord Farnham, first president of the Tree Council.

    As Patron of the Tree Council the Duke planted a copper beech, a species chosen by Lord Farnham's family and planted at their estate in Ireland to mark his birth in 1931.

    A short service in the Chapel of Peace and Forgiveness, during which the Duke read a lesson, was followed by the planting ceremony.

    Lady Diana Farnham, also assisted the Duke to plant the fitting memorial to her husband.

    During his tour of the site, the Duke saw how the tree he planted during his first visit in 1998 for the Queen's Golden Wedding is progressing. After the visit to the Arboretum the Duke was going to visit the Erasmus Darwin Museum in Lichfield.

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    Duke planting tree

  • The Duke plants a copper Beech in memory of Lord Farnham

    Plaque

  • The commemorative plaque donated by the Tree Council.

    • Other Pictures taken on the day at the NMA

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  • The above article and pictures are used courtesy of "The Lichfield Post"

    Photographs taken by Steve Leath