THE PRINCE OF WALES joins KATHERINE JENKINS to honour fallen police officers
SHARES HIS ‘PROFOUND GRATITUDE’ AS HE PAYS TRIBUTE TO FALLEN HEROES
The Prince of Wales paid a heartfelt tribute to “the valour and sacrifice” of fallen officers at the unveiling of the UK Police Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire last week.
Guest of honour at the open- air ceremony, Prince Charles uncovered a plaque and laid a wreath at the 39ft-tall brass sculpture, which commemorates almost 5,000 police officers and staff who have died in the line of duty.
He was joined by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Home Secretary Priti Patel, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame
Cressida Dick, police representatives and families of fallen officers.
MUSICAL SALUTE
Charles was also spotted chatting to classical singer Katherine Jenkins, elegant in a cream vintage-inspired Suzannah shift dress to perform I Vow to Thee My Country.
“Such a moving day,” she wrote on Instagram. “Such a proud day and now such a fitting place to honour those who made the ultimate sacrifice.”
Addressing the guests, the Prince said: “I would particularly like to express my profound gratitude for the valour and sacrifice of those who have laid down their lives to keep us safe, to remember their families who mourn and to recognise those who continue to serve in order to safeguard our freedoms.”
Created by architect and designer Walter Jack, the memorial remembers those who have lost their lives on duty since Henry and John Fielding established London’s first professional police force, the Bow Street Runners, in 1749.
‘A fitting place to honour those who made the ultimate sacrifice’