Prince George joins King and Queen for Festival of Remembrance
This year II. Apple TV star Hannah Waddingham hosted the festival, which was held to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Ted Lasso.
It also marked the 25th anniversary of the lifting of the ban on gay, lesbian and bisexual personnel serving openly in the British armed forces.
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The Festival of Remembrance featured performances by Sir Rod Stewart accompanied by RAF Squadrons, as well as Her Majesty’s Royal Marines, Home Division and the RAF’s Mass Bands.
Musical performances were interspersed with veterans’ reflections and tributes to the fallen, with a particular focus on the resilience and strength shown by military children facing grief.
The royal family will attend a number of Remembrance Day events in the coming days.
The King will lay a wreath, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, at the annual Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph on Sunday. The King was made patron of the Royal British Legion last year.
The Queen and the Princess of Wales, who watched the ceremony from the balcony overlooking the monument, will also attend. The Queen was forced to miss the Remembrance events last year as she recovered from a chest infection.
The Crown Princess, who is on official visits to Australia and Singapore, will attend the Commemoration Service and lay a wreath at the Anzac Memorial in Sydney.
Crown Princess Anne visited the war graves at Sydney’s Rookwood Cemetery on Saturday.
Prince George was last seen watching the Wimbledon men’s final with his parents and sister Princess Charlotte on July 13.
In June, three Welsh children took part in Trooping the Colour, the King’s official birthday ceremony, riding in the carriage procession and watching the flight pass by with their families from the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
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The orchestra gave a standing ovation as the royal family and red-uniformed Chelsea Pensioners entered the auditorium and walked across the stage. The Boys of the Old Brigade.
The Princess of Wales was seen saying a few words to her son and pointing things out to him during Sir Rod Stewart’s performance. Emotional Journey.
Prince George watched intently as emotional videos played in which veterans spoke about their experiences and paid tribute to their lost friends and comrades.
Wearing a long purple dress and poppy, Waddingham took the stage We Will Meet Again and as he addressed the audience, he talked about the courage of his grandfather, a veteran.
Veterans attending the event included those who helped plan D-Day, some who were prisoners of war and others who had survived direct hits at sea.
The Prince of Wales did not attend the ceremony on Saturday.
He spent the week in Brazil advocating for environmental issues, including presenting the Earthshot Prize and attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
