"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," goes the Shakespeare quote, but Denmark's gardeners would in all likelihood politely beg to disagree. For the second consecutive year, a flower created by horticultural experts has been named for Crown Princess Mary.
On a sunny day in the town of Odense - the birthplace of famed author Hans Christian Andersen - the popular royal helped christen the Kronprinsessens Klokkeblomst or Crown Princess bell flower. Back on blooming form after summer vacations with her husband and child, Tasmanian-born Mary did the honours, sprinkling the pale blue plant with a drop of bubbly at the historic location's annual flower festival.
In 2005 the mother-of-one inaugurated a rose bearing her moniker, which is now a feature of an award-winning park in the Danish capital Copenhagen. Receiving her latest floral tribute Mary was the picture of elegance, wearing a wide-brimmed hat teamed with a silk pleated skirt and cardigan in her favourite dusky pink hue. The 34-year-old was wreathed in smiles as she chatted with the "dream team" of nursery workers behind the accolade, a bouquet of the fragrant blossoms in her hand as a reminder of the honour.
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