Remembrance Sunday: King Charles leads commemorations at Cenotaph in London
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The King has led other members of the Royal Family, politicians, the Armed Forces, veterans and the public in marking Remembrance Sunday at the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in London.
The annual occasion honours the contribution of British and Commonwealth servicemen and women in World Wars One and Two, and other conflicts.
As head of the Armed Forces, Charles III was joined by Queen Camilla and his son, Prince William, to mark the occasion.
On Remembrance Sunday, tributes are paid to those who serve, who have served in past, and to those who lost their lives fighting for their country. Here you can see a group of former soldiers who took part in the D-Day landings during the Second World War.
More than 300 different Armed Forces and civilian organisations were represented, as well as some 300 veterans not affiliated with an association who have been invited to join for the first time.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, former Prime Ministers, leaders of other parties and senior politicians were also in attendance with wreaths of poppies. Massed bands and pipers assembled and played while wreaths were laid.
Almost 10,000 veterans and 800 personnel from the Army, Navy and Air Force were at the Cenotaph to take part in the two-minute silence at 11am, and then joined an march-past, many of them wearing their medals.
Serving representatives of the Armed Forces also take part in parading on Remembrance Sunday. Here you can see Household Division Foot Guards parading on Whitehall, where the Cenotaph stands.
Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday of November every year, following the annual marking of Armistice Day which at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, commemorates the ceasefire that ended the First World War.
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