Reuters People News Summary

Reuters People News Summary

Following is a summary of current people news briefs. Jamie Oliver shutters most UK restaurants, 1,000 jobs go

British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's restaurant chain went into administration on Tuesday, leaving 1,000 people without jobs as the majority of branches ceased trading immediately in the latest blow for Britain's high street. Oliver, 43, a well-known figure in Britain and beyond for his popular TV shows and top-selling cookery books, founded his Jamie's Italian brand of high street restaurants in 2008. Back to nature: UK Duchess Kate shows off garden skills at Chelsea Flower Show

Kate, Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, released new pictures of her family playing in a woodland wilderness garden she designed for London's Chelsea Flower Show. Co-created with landscape artists Andree Davies and Adam White, Kate's "Back to Nature Garden" includes a rope swing, a tree house and a stream with waterfalls. Britain's Queen Elizabeth tours Chelsea Flower Show

Britain's Queen Elizabeth visited the Chelsea Flower Show on Monday, touring gardens including one designed by the Duchess of Cambridge, the wife of her grandson Prince William. The show, which opens to the public on Tuesday, is the most prestigious event in Britain's gardening calendar and is organized by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), of which Elizabeth is patron.

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