King Charles III led the nation in honouring Britain’s war dead on Sunday, presiding over the annual Remembrance ceremony at the Cenotaph in Whitehall.
As Big Ben struck 11 a.m., the capital fell silent for two minutes of national reflection, the stillness broken by a single gun salute and the mournful notes of “The Last Post” played by Royal Marines buglers.
The King, wearing the uniform of an army field marshal, stepped forward to lay his wreath of red paper poppies on a black background at the foot of the monument, the nation’s symbol of sacrifice for more than a century. His son and heir, Prince William, followed, with other members of the royal family in attendance, including Prince Edward. From the balcony of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Queen Camilla and the Princess of Wales observed the proceedings in silence.
