Queen chooses Warwick man for Royal Wedding flower display

The former Warwick School pupil first fell in love with floristry when attending the Warwick Horticulture Society’s annual show when he was just seven and has since gone on to become one of the biggest names in the British floristry world.

He said: “Warwick Horticulture and Allotment Society’s annual flower show in St Nicholas Park was what inspired me when I was about seven and from then I knew what I wanted to do, and did my first wedding aged 14.

“I was sad to hear the show was cancelled last year, I hope it will be back on this year.”

The Baftas and Prince Charles’ wedding to Duchess of Cornwall Camilla were already on his impressive CV before he was asked to get involved with Kate and William’s big day.

While the world was tuning in to see the build up to the big day Mr Lycett and his team were working feverishly behind the scenes.

Although the couple chose a different florist for the main wedding event Mr Lycett was the preferred florist of the Queen for her exclusive do the night before the big day.

“We were anticipating and hoping to be involved in William and Katherine’s wedding and were very excited when we were asked. We do quite large scale operations very often so it wasn’t too stressful and went quite smoothly.

“Golly, it was a fabulous atmosphere everywhere. The whole of London was buzzing with excitement, it was great to be a part of it.”

For the event Mr Lycett opted to go for an ‘understated’ theme using seasonal British flowers in keeping with the occasion.

“I hope it was received well,” he added. “I’m not in the tower yet so I’m going to assume they liked it!

“I didn’t get to meet the couple but they look like such a wonderful pair and it was lovely to see them looking so happy and in love.

“We do quite a lot of these big events so we are used to working as a team and collaborating with other companies doing displays. What might appear to be a logistical nightmare actually went relatively smoothly.”