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Flanders' Fields Memorial Garden opens

2 Royal heads of state joined in remembrance at the opening of a commemorative garden at Wellington Barracks in London.

Her Majesty The Queen and His Majesty Philippe, the King of the Belgians, attended a service of dedication at the Flanders Fields Memorial Garden, 100 years after the outbreak of World War 1.

The Flanders’ Fields Memorial Garden has been created with soil taken from the 70 battlefields and Commonwealth War Grave cemeteries in Flanders where so many millions had died. This “sacred soil” was gathered, with the support of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, by Belgian and British school children, several of whom attended yesterday’s opening event.

The memorial garden has been created in London at Wellington Barracks adjacent to Buckingham Palace. Designed by a Belgian architect, Piet Blanckaert, it is inspired by the design of World War 1 memorials and carries the insignia of all 7 Guards Regiments who sacrificed so much on the battlefields of Flanders.

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