No, I am not among the thousands lined up to see the royal show in London. I was sitting in my humble abode in my pjs the morning of the coronation, in awe of the display of riches.

All that gold , it appeared solid. It actually was wood layered with gold leaf. The display of riches, from the crown to the carriage, made me think of how the jewels could be cashed in to help the British economy and the unemployed. But to give Charles his due, I go to the image of Charles as a gardener and environmentalist. On the website of Highgrove House, where the king and q1ueen make their home, I am looking at the picture of Charles feeding his chickens at Highgrove, where some 180 chickens roam free-range.

King Charles has been under rated for most of his life. He was a royal cad the way he treated Diana but now under such scrutiny let’s give him credit for his artistic vision and his consciousness of the environment. His gardens exist “to please the eye and sit in harmony with nature,” he says, according to the website at Highgrow House.

The king and queen are going to be living at Highgrove, not the stuffy Buckingham Palace. When you tire of the incessant coverage of the coronation, take a look at the beautiful sustainable gardens at Highgrove at the website here, where he has been living and tending to his flowers and fruits for the last 40 years. The organic eggs and produce are sold at Highgrove and other local markets. The gardens, open to the public, feature a 4-acre wildflower meadow, a thyme garden with 20 different kinds of thyme, and a stumpery and much more. God save the sustainable gardener under the crown!