Kate Middleton Plants Tree Dedicated to Queen Elizabeth at a Spot with Special Meaning for Both Women

Mar. 15, 2025

Kate Middleton’s Christmas carol concert includednumerous tributestoQueen Elizabeth II— including one that wasn’t revealed until now.

Westminster Abbey and the Queen’s Green Canopy revealed on Tuesday that the Princess of Wales planted a wild cherry tree in Dean’s Yard at Westminster Abbey to mark the memory ofQueen Elizabethahead of the holiday service. In photos from the ceremony, Kate is seen using a shovel to place dirt around the tree. It forms part of theQueen’s Green Canopy, an initiative to celebrate the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee that saw over one million trees planted across the nation in her honor.

Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales.The Queen’s Green Canopy/Instagram

Westminster Abbey is a place ofspecial meaningfor both women. Not only has the historic church hosted Princess Kate’s Christmas carol concerts for the past two years, but it’s also where she marriedPrince Williamin April 2011.

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Kate Middleton and Queen Elizabeth.Anwar Hussein/WireImage

ForRoyal Carols: Together at Christmas, there were many nods toQueen Elizabeththroughout the service. At the start, a film played highlighting how the late Queen was at the heart of Christmas Day for so many people. Her annual address, which aired each Christmas in the afternoon, was a longstanding tradition that now passes toKing Charles IIIas sovereign.

In another honor,Prince Williamread part of his late grandmother’sChristmas broadcastfrom 2012.

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Prince William, Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Kate Middleton.Getty

“This carol service is dedicated to Her MajestyQueen ElizabethII, and to all those who are sadly no longer with us. Her Late Majesty’s strongly held values of duty, compassion and faith have guided the creation of this service,” a message inside the program forRoyal Carols: Together at Christmasread.

source: people.com