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=== Ceremonial tree plantings ===
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[[File:ABA-Runnymede-wyrdlight-814857.jpg|thumb|The Republic of India plaque beneath the oak tree planted by former Prime Minister Rao]]

[[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]] together with David K. Diebold, a Minister-Counselor at the US Embassy in London, planted an oak tree adjacent to the Magna Carta Memorial in 1987, as did [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]], [[prime minister of India]]. The Prime Minister left a plaque reading:

{{quote|As a tribute to the historic Magna Carta, a source of inspiration throughout the world, and as an affirmation of the values of Freedom, Democracy and the Rule of Law which the People of India cherish and have enshrined in their [[Constitution of India|Constitution]]. March 16, 1994}}

In 1987 two further oak trees were planted near the Memorial. One, planted by Queen Elizabeth II, marked National Tree Week. Another, planted by [[John O. Marsh Jr.]], [[United States Secretary of the Army]], has a plaque which reads:

{{quote|This oak tree, planted with soil from [[Jamestown, Virginia]], the first permanent English settlement in the New World, commemorates the bicentenary of the [[Constitution of the United States]] of America. It stands in acknowledgement that the ideals of liberty and justice embodied in the Constitution trace their lineage through institutions of English law to Magna Carta, sealed at Runnymede on June 15th, 1215.}}