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King has led the country annual Remembrance Sunday Service thousands of people took part in the war giants At the Cenotaph in London.
A sea of poppies and military uniforms could be seen lining Whitehall on Sunday morning, with hundreds of people including three D-Day veterans among the World War II personnel. Service.
charles The first wreath was laid in recognition of those who died in conflicts during the First World War, and was followed by the Prince of Wales.
The 76-year-old monarch, dressed in field marshal’s uniform with a ceremonial frock coat, gave the salute before walking away from the memorial after observing a two-minute silence.
His son, wearing Royal Air Force uniform in the rank of Wing Commander, also saluted after laying a wreath at the Cenotaph.
William, who completed seven and a half years of full-time operational military service in 2013, sees promoting the roles and welfare of current and former service personnel as an important part of his work.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer also laid a wreath, along with senior politicians including Cammy Badenoch, Sir Ed Davey, Yvette Cooper, Shabana Mahmood and Sir Lindsay Hoyle and representatives of the Commonwealth.
The Princess and Queen of Wales, both wearing black, and other members of the royal family watched the Remembrance Sunday service from the balcony overlooking the Cenotaph at the Office of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development.
The pair were joined by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent and the Duchess of Edinburgh.
Standing near the Cenotaph were eight former prime ministers: Sir John Major, Sir Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Lord Cameron, Baroness May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak.
The Cenotaph wreath laying ceremony was followed by a two-minute silence in the center of Whitehall and at war memorials in villages, towns and cities across the country.
A gun was fired to mark the end of the silence before the Last Post was sounded by buglers of the Royal Marines.
Camilla and Kate both smiled as the King walked away to applause from the crowd at the end of the ceremony after the national anthem was sung.
Before the service, about a dozen people wearing military uniforms and poppies were pushed in wheelchairs down Whitehall, while respectful applause took place near the Cenotaph and one of the veterans saluted.
World War II personnel present at Whitehall included three veterans of D-Day.
Henry Rice, a former signalman who arrived at Juno Beach five days after D-Day, and Mervyn Kersh who arrived in Normandy at the age of 19 three days after the start of the D-Day invasion, were among those in attendance on Sunday.
Sid Machin, one of six 101-year-olds registered for the march, was also in attendance. He is one of the last surviving “Chindit” soldiers of the Burma Campaign of World War II.
As a young man of about 19, Mr. Machin, as part of a Special Forces unit in Burma (now Myanmar), landed behind enemy lines in a glider over the jungle at night, wreaking havoc on Japanese supply lines and infrastructure.