Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, appeared to be moved to tears during a sombre Remembrance Sunday service today.
The royal, 60, was in attendance to watch King Charles lead the nation for a two-minute silence at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, central London.
Sophie was viewing the service from the left balcony of the Foreign Office building alongside the Duke of Kent, 90, who gave a firm salute as the service began.
Dressed all in black with three poppies affixed to her coat dress, Sophie appeared to wipe away a tear as she watched the emotional service.
Her husband, Prince Edward, laid a wreath at the Cenotaph and saluted, shortly after King Charles and Prince William had done the same.
Queen Camilla and the Princess of Wales were watching on from the centre balcony, with the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester standing to the right.
Charles took centre stage and laid the first wreath at the Cenotaph in recognition of the fallen from conflicts dating back to the First World War.
The King, wearing Field Marshal uniform with a ceremonial frock coat, saluted before stepping back from the monument after leading a two-minute silence at the annual Remembrance Sunday service.
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh , appeared to be moved to tears at the Remembrance Sunday service today
Sophie was watching the service from the left balcony of the Foreign Office building alongside the Duke of Kent, 90, who gave a firm salute as the service began
Dressed all in black with three poppies affixed to her dress, Sophie appeared emotional during the service
His son, dressed in Royal Air Force uniform in the rank of Wing Commander, also saluted after laying his wreath at the Cenotaph.
William, who in 2013 completed seven-and-a-half years of full-time operational military service, promotes the roles and welfare of current and former service personnel as a key part of his work.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer also laid a floral tribute, along with senior politicians including Kemi Badenoch, Sir Ed Davey, Yvette Cooper, Shabana Mahmood and Sir Lindsay Hoyle and representatives from the Commonwealth.
Standing close to the Cenotaph were eight former prime ministers: Sir John Major, Sir Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Lord Cameron, Baroness May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak.First Minister of Scotland John Swinney marked the occasion at a Remembrance Sunday service in Edinburgh, laying a wreath at the Stone of Remembrance outside the City Chambers.
The Cenotaph wreath-laying ceremony was held after a two-minute silence was observed in the heart of Whitehall and at war memorials in villages, towns and cities across the country.
A gun was fired to mark the end of the silence before the Last Post was sounded by the Buglers of the Royal Marines.
Camilla and Kate both smiled as the King departed to applause from the crowd after the national anthem was sung at the end of the ceremony.
Ahead of the service, around a dozen people wearing military uniforms and poppies were pushed in wheelchairs in Whitehall while respectful applause rang out near the Cenotaph and one of the veterans saluted.
King Charles stared solemnly as he saluted in front of the Cenotaph to mark Remembrance Day
Catherine, Princess of Wales attends the 2025 National Service Of Remembrance
The Princess of Wales watched on alongside Queen Camilla as an impeccable two-minute silence was held
William lays a wreath shortly after his father, King Charles, did the same at the Cenotaph
King Charles III followed by the Prince of Wales, (left) and the Duke of Edinburgh (right)
Queen Camilla and the Princess of Wales during the Remembrance Sunday service
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer lays a wreath during the Remembrance Sunday service
Three D-Day veterans were among the Second World War personnel in attendance at Whitehall.
Henry Rice, a former signalman who arrived off Juno Beach five days after D-Day, and Mervyn Kersh who arrived in Normandy aged 19, three days after the start of the D-Day invasion, were among those in attendance on Sunday.
Sid Machin, one of the six 101-year-olds registered to march, was also present. He is one of the last surviving ‘Chindit’ soldiers from the Second World War’s Burma campaign.
As a young man of about 19, Mr Machin landed behind enemy lines in a glider at night in the jungle, as part of a special forces unit in Burma (now Myanmar), which wreaked havoc on Japanese supply lines and infrastructure.
Some 10,000 armed forces veterans took part in the Royal British Legion’s march-past in London after the service, including about 20 Second World War veterans 80 years on from the conflict’s end.
Crowds lining the streets of Whitehall applauded the marchers, who were accompanied by music played by the Massed Bands of the Household Division and the combined bands of the Royal Marines and Royal Air Force, with many participants wearing medals.
Some of the marchers, including several Chelsea Pensioners, were pushed in wheelchairs while others travelled on mobility scooters.
