King Charles and Princess of Wales attend Remembrance Sunday ceremony at Cenotaph

10/11/2024 15:43 The Guardian

An unprecedented eight former prime ministers stand together in Whitehall, while 10,000 veterans marchCrowds fell silent at war memorials in villages, towns and cities across the country on Remembrance Sunday as generations gathered to commemorate lives lost in conflicts.In Whitehall, the Princess of Wales joined King Charles to honour the fallen, after a year in which they both revealed they had been diagnosed with cancer. A two-minute silence was led by the king, who was the first to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph. Continue reading...

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