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Shane Connolly is a Northern Irish florist. He entered the profession in the late 1980s after a brief career with the Ministry of Defence. Connolly founded his own floristry company in London in 1989. He was commissioned by the Royal Family to produce arrangements for the 2005 wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, the 2011 wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton and the 2023 coronation of Charles III and Camilla. Connolly is a proponent of sustainable floristry.
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