4. A Verse
Given to the Cornwall Duke and Duchess
Bestowed with: Andrew Motion
Estimated Value: N/A
Former Poet Laureate Sir Andrew Motion served in that role from 1999 until 2009. The author and poet founded the Poetry Archive, an online collection of audio recordings of poets’ writings. Sir Motion has a great ability to provide gifts.
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Every royal wedding must have a personal poem written by the English Poet Laureate, according to tradition. Motion penned “Spring Wedding” for King Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall’s Camilla Bowles wedding in 2005. But his use of the phrases “the heart which slips” and “winter-wreckage” caused some people to take notice—certainly including the Queen.
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