Thousands of military personnel, veterans, and members of the public gathered in central London on Sunday under clear blue skies as King Charles III led Britain’s annual ceremony of remembrance honouring the nation’s war dead.

As Big Ben tolled 11 a.m., silence fell across Whitehall for two minutes, punctuated only by a single artillery blast and the haunting notes of “The Last Post” played by Royal Marines buglers.

King Charles, 76, dressed in the uniform of an army field marshal, laid a wreath of red paper poppies on a black background at the base of the Cenotaph war memorial near Parliament. The monument, erected over a century ago to commemorate the British and Allied troops who perished in World War I, now stands as a focal point for annual remembrance of all those who have died in

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