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Originally Posted by Jo of Palatine
Just want to add that any gardener knows that you can't plant new roses where old ones were. So considering the times that has passed since Queen Mum moved into Clarence House and assuming that she planted her rose garden early on, it's about time to do something new with this space in the garden. While vegetables are known to be perfect intermediates for old rose gardens, as the fertilizer used for them in addition with the left overs of the plants give new life to the old soil, thus making it possible to plant roses again afterwards.
Somehow my mind boggles - are all journalists who report about royality absolute dimwits? Or is there any other reason why they never seem to get the facts straight, facts that anyone could research - those where you need no "insider knowledge but just common sense, an internet access or a phonebook in case you want to call an expert?
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They just know what sells. A hint about a rift between Charles and his beloved granny is going to sell more copies than a straight gardening story about how to best treat an old rosebed. It isn't their intelligence that's at fault a lot of the time, it's their integrity.