The Princess Royal has laid a wreath in memory of the fallen during a dawn Anzac Day service in London.
Princess Anne, 74, arrived for the Saturday service shortly before it commenced at 5am, laying a wreath of red poppies at the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner.
The service – organised by the New Zealand and Australian High Commissions -included a reading of poem In Flanders Fields by John McCrae and concluded with the national anthems of the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
Princess Anne was dressed in a emerald green tailored coat, complemented by a structured hat and black gloves for the event.
A red poppy adorned her lapel, serving as a tribute to the servicemen and women who lost their lives.
Anzac Day is observed annually on 25 April and commemorates the 1915 landing of troops in the First World War to the beaches of Gallipoli in northwest Turkey.
Additional services were held in Australia, New Zealand and Gallipoli to commemorate the occasion on Saturday morning.
The day was also marked in in Villers-Bretonneux, a village in the Somme region of France, which Australian units helped defend during the war.
Princess Anne (pictured) laid a wreath in memory of the fallen during a dawn Anzac Day service in London
The Princess Royal arrived for the Saturday service shortly before it commenced at 5am
Anzac Day is observed annually on 25 April and commemorates the 1915 landing of troops in the First World War to the beaches of Gallipoli in northwest Turkey
She was dressed in a emerald green tailored coat, complemented by a structured hat and black gloves, while a red poppy adorned her lapel
A post to the Royal Family X account on the event read: ‘Today is #ANZACDay – which honours the members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who served and died in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations.’
The post included a picture of troops from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) going to Gallipoli with the caption ‘Lest we forget’.
Princess Anne’s appearances comes as the Princess of Wales is due to attend an Anzac Day wreath-laying and parade service at the Cenotaph.
The Princess, 44, will attend at a service of commemoration and thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey.
She will represent her father-in-law King Charles III at the event, which marks her official return to duty after an Easter break.
In 2019, Kate attended a previous Anzac Day commemoration alongside Prince Harry at Westminster Abbey, and in 2022, the Princess appeared at a service alongside her husband, the Prince of Wales.
The Princess of Wales pictured in 2019 at an Anzac Day commemorative service at Westminster Abbey. On Saturday, she will attend an Anzac Day wreath-laying and parade service in London
