Great Britain Silence at the Cenotaph: King Charles honors the fallen
Visibly moved, King Charles III commemorated the fallen of the world wars. During the two minutes of silence on Remembrance Sunday, the 76-year-old stood silently and with glassy eyes at the Cenotaph in London, not far from Big Ben and Downing Street, before he was the first to lay a wreath there. Remembrance Day is one of the most important in the royal calendar and in the United Kingdom.
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Queen Camilla (78) and Princess Kate (43) stood on the balcony of the Foreign Office. Her husband, heir to the throne Prince William (43), accompanied his father at the wreath-laying ceremony. The royal family traditionally wore the pin with a poppy motif ("The poppy").
Around 20 veterans of the Second World War in London
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his predecessors also attended the memorial service in central London and laid wreaths. A military band played a funeral march. "On this Remembrance Sunday, we pause as a nation to honor all those who have served our country," said Starmer.
Afterwards, soldiers and veterans were to march past the Cenotaph. The column represents an empty grave into which all residents of Great Britain and the Commonwealth can project their feelings and thoughts. According to the PA news agency, around 20 veterans of the Second World War were expected in London.
The commemoration falls annually on the second Sunday in November, closest to November 11, Armistice Day, which commemorates the 1918 armistice in the First World War.
