THE NATION REMEMBERS: TRIBUTES TO THE FALLEN
King ready for ‘poignant’ role at Cenotaph
KING Charles will, for the very first time, lead the Royal Family at Remembrance Day services to honour our war dead this weekend.
At the Cenotaph in London tomorrow, he will lay a newly designed poppy wreath that pays tribute to his late mother and grandfather and incorporates a ribbon of his racing colours.
Sources close to the King said he was preparing for the service to be a “poignant moment” for both the royals and the nation by remembering our heroes as well as Queen Elizabeth, who died on September 8 at the age of 96.
The nation’s longest reigning monarch considered Remembrance Sunday to be one of the most significant and important engagements in the royal calendar.
She only missed seven Cenotaph services during her 70-year reign.
Tomorrow, William, Prince of Wales, will lay the wreath his father used to at the Cenotaph, with a new ribbon in ‘Welsh red’.
A wreath will also be laid on behalf of Camilla, the Queen Consort, for the first time.
The King will tonight lead senior royals at the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at London’s Royal Albert Hall.