The much-photographed tree, which stood next to Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland for 200 years, was chopped down in September last year, causing a national outrage. Once the seedling has matured into a sapling, Charles will have it planted in Windsor Great Park for visitors to enjoy as a symbol of the hope and beauty that can come from loss, the National Trust said on Monday. In a social media post, Buckingham Palace said: “Part of the power of trees to move and console us lies in the continuity and hope they represent: the sense that, rooted in the past and flourishing in the present, their seeds will be carried into an as yet unimaginable future.
” May 27 is Celebration Day, a national day dedicated to remembering and celebrating people who are no longer with us and have shaped us to be where we are today, the National Trust said. Charles, a long-time environmentalist, is patron to the charity and was its president from 2003 until his ascension to the throne in 2022. The conservation charity encouraged members of the public to donate and plant a tree in memory of a loved one or as a gift, creating new habitats for wildlife.
Earlier this month a district judge said the case of two men accused of felling the famous tree – damage valued at £622,191 – was so serious it must be dealt with at the crown court. A collection of small seedlings and buds from the 50ft tree propagated at the conservation charity’s plant conservation centre in Devon, which has so far bred mo.