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3 unusual facts about Tudor rose


Flag of Trondheim

The dog rose is the official flower of the city and its stylised form is related to the Tudor rose.

John Reynes

They have, as a rule, on one side a stamp containing the emblems of the passion, and the inscription Redemptoris mundi arma, and on the other a stamp divided into two compartments containing the arms of England and the Tudor rose.

Newgate, Chester

The structure is decorated with carved shields and Tudor roses.


Durban Light Infantry

The garland which surrounds the coloured badge comprises the Thistle of Scotland, the Tudor Rose of England and the Shamrock of Ireland – symbols taken from the old colour – and the other two flowers, the Protea, the National flower of South Africa and the Strelitzia, the flower of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).


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Murder of Milly Dowler

At the 2005 Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, a garden designed in memory of Dowler by Penny Smith won the Tudor Rose award, the show's highest honour.