Remembrance Sunday concludes a weekend of commemorations for the Royal Family, including the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall yesterday, plus Princess Anne at the Menin Gate and The Duke of Gloucester at the National Memorial Arboretum for Armistice Day services. It carries much of the same meaning as America’s Veterans Day. The Earl of Wessex took the salute on Horse Guards Parade. Remembrance Day is observed in Canada (and other Commonwealth nations, which include 53 member states, nearly all of them former territories of the British Empire) on November 11. Wreaths were then laid by politicians, led by the Prime Minister and the other leaders that had gathered for the ceremony.Īt the conclusion of the service the buglers of the Royal Air Force sounded reville before the Massed Bands played the National Anthem, at the conclusion of which The Queen bowed toward – and the uniformed royals saluted – The Cenotaph, before heading back into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.įollowing the Royals’ departure, further wreaths were laid and the Royal British Legion march past took place with hundreds of service veterans proudly showing their respects to fallen comrades. Prince edward, princess anne and the duke of kent lay their wreaths at the cenotaph Shortly before 11am, the leading participants in the service walked from the doors of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and took their places around the Cenotaph, led by the children and gentlemen of the Chapel Royal and Dean of Her Majesty’s Chapels Royal, Dr Richard Chartres, who was to lead the religious service. The service commenced with the Massed Bands of the Household Division striking up to play what is called ‘the traditional music’: tunes such as Rule Britannia, Heart of Oak and Men of Harlech reverberated around Whitehall, followed by the Pipes and drums of the Highlanders 4th Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland playing the Skye Boat Song. The Queen and Princess of Wales were given equal prominence as they shared a balcony to. This year The Prince of Wales laid The Queen’s wreath, as she wanted to stand with her husband, the 96-year-old Duke of Edinburgh, who stepped down from public duties earlier this year, and as such was also not laying a wreath this year. By Victoria Ward, Royal Correspondent 13 November 2022 11:51am. The massed bands played traditional music at the remembrance sunday service at the cenotaph (bbc still)
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