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Beckham and Harper at Chelsea Flower Show!

Sir David Beckham was all smiles as he posed with daughter Harper and the flower named in his honour on Instagram on Tuesday. The former footballer, 51, unveile...

Beckham and Harper at Chelsea Flower Show!
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Sir was all smiles as he posed with daughter Harper and the flower named in his honour on Instagram on Tuesday. 

The former footballer, 51, unveiled the rose named after him at the garden he designed alongside on Monday. 

It was his daughter Harper's idea to name the Sir David Beckham Rose, in a touching tribute to mark her father's 50th birthday last year, with its official launch a highly anticipated moment of the star-studded day one at the show. 

Posing at their £12 million Cotswold property, David and Harper, 14, crouched down next to the stunning rose bush in their luxury green house. 

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The ex England player showed off his tattooed arms in a short sleeved grey T-shirt while the teenager stunned in a khaki coat.

The English shrub rose with luminous white flowers is said to have 'exceptional vigour' and a complex fragrance with hints of banana, clove and myrrh.

Sir David Beckham was all smiles as he posed with daughter Harper and the flower named in his honour on Instagram on Tuesday

The former footballer, 51, unveiled the rose named after him at the Chelsea Flower Show garden he designed alongside King Charles on Monday

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Brits can adorn their own gardens with the variant after it became available to buy, from today, through celebrated rose breeder David Austin's Shropshire plant centre and from selected stockists.

For each £27.50 rose sold, £2.50 will be donated to The King's Foundation, which was set up by the monarch in 1990 to create sustainable communities and now boasts Sir David as an ambassador.

The public can also catch a glimpse of the rose growing among the King's Foundation Curious Garden, an exhibition display designed with input from Sir David, the King and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh.

The trio collaborated over their shared love of horticulture and desire to encourage the nation to 'discover the joy of getting curious about gardening'.

At the heart of the new garden is an oak-framed building, which represents a museum of garden curiosities.

A framed newspaper cutting of the King's 1995 Christmas card hangs on the wall of the shed in the garden, which shows the King, then Prince of Wales, sitting on a bench in his garden at Highgrove with his two sons Princes William and Harry standing inside giant flower pots.

Four gnomes were also snuck into the shed after the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) lifted a ban on them this year, a move which would likely bring joy to the King who is said to humorously move around some of his own.

Under the vision of head designer Frances Tophill, the display also features a vegetable patch and beehive, inspired by the King and Sir David's shared enthusiasm for beekeeping and producing natural honey, as well as the newly-named rose.

Key plants among the display include delphiniums, known to be a favourite of the King's, wheat, pistachio and mulberry.

As she was shown round the garden, the Queen, wearing a dress by Fiona Clare and a bee brooch, told Titchmarsh: 'This is so nice, it's so natural'.

It was his daughter Harper's idea to name the Sir David Beckham Rose, in a touching tribute to mark her father's 50th birthday last year, with its official launch on day one at the show

The public can also catch a glimpse of the rose growing among the King's Foundation Curious Garden, an exhibition display designed with input from Sir David, the King and Alan Titchmarsh

Sir David said that it had been 'fun' helping to create the exhibit, which he hopes will 'encourage more young people to take up gardening'.

He said of his 'very special' rose: 'Gardening brings people together across generations and gives so much pleasure.

'To be part of something that celebrates that and the heritage of the English rose feels very meaningful to me.'

British rose breeder David J.C. Austin said: 'The Sir David Beckham rose represents everything we value in modern rose breeding - beauty, fragrance, charm and strength - while also marking a contemporary moment within a long horticultural tradition.

'We hope it will introduce a whole new raft of people to the joy of growing roses.'

This year, the RHS lifted its ban on garden gnomes for only the second time in the 113-year history of its world-famous Chelsea Flower Show - which will likely be to the King's delight.

The monarch has one of the divisive garden ornaments in the Stumpery at his Highgrove home and has been known, staff say, to slip out and move it around to fool visitors.

In a similar vein, four little characters made their way to Charles's own display that were made by students from the King's Foundation, which also offers courses to protect and promote heritage arts and crafts.

They had been discreetly placed on a shelf inside the shed and Sir David later brought along his two of his own gnomes to add to the collection, apparently painted by himself and his wife, Lady Victoria.

The ex-footballer had daubed his player number, seven, on the bright red hat of his figurine.

Elsewhere at the gardens of the Royal Hospital Chelsea celebrities including Queen guitarist Sir Brian May, comedian Bill Bailey and presenter Dame Floella Benjamin were among those showing off their own hand-painted, cheery garden ornaments.

They had personally decorated the figures, which will be auctioned off for the RHS's Campaign for School Gardening to help children access gardening.

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