For a Buckingham Palace garden party on May 9, William, Prince of Wales, wore a sapphire blue tie and a powder blue vest, along with a black morning coat. He accessorized the look with a sleek top hat and — in honor of his mother — a sprig of forget-me-nots. Over the years, members of the royal family have paid tribute to the late Princess Diana with the purplish-blue flowers. "They were Diana's favorite flower," Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, told People. "I still remember giving her some when we were children. When I was six, I gave her a white pot of blue forget-me-nots." For the 2019 Chelsea Flower Show, Catherine, Princess of Wales, commemorated her mother-in-law by including the flowers in her nature-inspired display.
In 2021, both William and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, honored their mother's memory when 100 forget-me-nots were planted and a Diana statue unveiled at Kensington Palace's Sunken Garden. Back in 2006, Harry inadvertently connected his mother with his charity Sentebale, which he named after the Sesotho word for "forget-me-not." At the time he wasn't aware of his mother's preference for the flower. However, after he made the discovery in 2016, the duke made a concerted effort to include Diana's signature flower on numerous important occasions. The tiny blooms featured in Meghan Markle's wedding bouquet, and he and the Duchess of Sussex planted forget-me-nots at an LA preschool on the 2020 anniversary of Diana's death.
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