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Remembrance Sunday: Royal Family to lead tributes to nation's war dead
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50362948Remembrance Sunday: Royal Family to lead tributes to nation's war dead
5 minutes ago
Politicians, Royal Family members and veterans will commemorate those who lost their lives in conflict later as the UK marks Remembrance Sunday.
A two-minute silence will be held across the country at 11:00 GMT.
Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn and Jo Swinson will break away from the election campaign to attend the annual ceremony at the Cenotaph in London.
Prince Charles will lay a wreath during the service on behalf of the Queen, who will watch from a balcony.
Also in attendance will be the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who were reunited on Saturday for this year's Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.
The beginning and end of the two minutes' silence will be marked by the firing of a gun by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery.
Starting at the same time as the two-minute silence, the service at the Cenotaph will honour the armed forces community, British and Commonwealth veterans, the allies who fought alongside the UK and the civilian servicemen and women involved in the two world wars and later conflicts.
Cabinet ministers, religious leaders and representatives of Commonwealth nations will attend alongside hundreds of members of the armed forces.
The Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex will follow Prince Charles in laying wreaths.
An officer of the royal household is to lay a wreath on behalf of the Duke of Edinburgh, who retired from royal duties two years ago.
Five former prime ministers - Sir John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Theresa May - are also set to attend.
After wreaths are laid, Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally will lead a service that will end with the Royal Air Force sounding the bugle call, Rouse.
Following the service, up to 10,000 war veterans will march in a slow procession past the war memorial.
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