Remembrance Sunday: King Charles to lead memorial service at Cenotaph

Remembrance Sunday: King Charles to lead memorial service at Cenotaph

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Media caption, Watch: King Charles leads memorial service at Cenotaph By Thomas Mackintosh BBC News King Charles has led the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in main London. The service honours the contribution of military and civilian servicemen and females in World Wars One and Two, and other disputes. Thousands of veterans, army workers and members of the public in the capital signedupwith the rest of the UK in a two-minute silence at 11: 00 GMT. Members of the Royal Family and politicalleaders likewise laid wreaths. At 11: 00 Big Ben chimed to signal the start of the two-minute silence. It was ended by the noise of a cannon blasting from Horse Guards Parade followed by a bugler playing the Last Post. King Charles laid the veryfirst wreath on behalf of the UK and he saluted the Cenotaph before pacing back. Image source, Reuters Image caption, Queen Camilla and the Princess of Wales watch on as the Remembrance Sunday service takes location on Whitehall The 2nd wreath was laid on behalf of Queen Camilla and this was followed by the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Anne who all stepped forward with their wreaths. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, members of the Cabinet and other political celebration leaders likewise took part in the veryfirst official part of the service. Queen Camilla seen the Remembrance Day service from the Foreign Office veranda, togetherwith Catherine, the
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