By a friend's request, today I'll share the flowers' role in a royal wedding. 

If you're a follower of royalty, you may have noticed that every single royal bride has a sprig of myrtle (Myrtus communis) in their wedding bouquet. It is not an only royalty tradition, in fact, it is a European tradition, but most people don't care for tradition nowadays, thus associating it with royalty. The tradition began when Prince Albert's grandmother gave Queen Victoria a sprig when she visited Gotha and when she came back, planted it on the gardens of Osborne House. It soon became a large plant and she took one sprig for her own wedding. In 1858, when her daughter Princess Victoria married, she added a sprig from the tree on her bouquet as well. And from then on, every royal bride has done it.

Princess Diana also carried it in her bouquet. Other flowers incluced Freesias, Lilies of the Valley, Gardenias and Orchids. The Duchess of Cambridge went along with it,  and in her bouquet were lots of Lily of the Valley, meaning purity, Hyacinth for steady love, and Sweet William for promise, but also as a reference to her husband, Prince William. The Duchess of Sussex's bouquet also had myrtle, and the best part is that all the flowers present were Princess Diana's favorites and where hand-picked by Prince Harry from her garden in Kensington Palace. Along with Lily of the Valley, there was Astilbe meaning "I'll be waiting for you," Jasmine for grace and Astrantia, for strength. Also, Swedish Princesses Victoria, Sofia and Madeleine and Queen Silvia carried myrtle too, and loads of other royal ladies. Thanks to them, Myrtle has now become the flower of matrimony, love and comitment.