"But if there's a wedding or a funeral service going on, we will close out of respect - so they can have the whole chapel, " he said.

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Some hundred and fifty years ago, one of the princes had ridden that way, going to a wedding or a funeral in this remote district, felt hot, and ordered that rosewood trees be planted to shade the passersby.

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Occasionally this happens around events that are really important to me, such as a wedding or a family member's funeral.

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