Queen Elizabeth remembered on Remembrance Sunday

LCamilla Parker Bowles first visited the Westminster area temporarily used as a memorial to Queen Elizabeth. And the queen consort, who participated in a traditional ceremony preceding the Remembrance Sunday, she admitted that she was particularly moved to pay homage to her mother-in-law.

Kate Middleton, emotion and royal elegance for Remembrance Sunday

Queen Elizabeth and her sacrifice for the nation

The memorial created for Elizabeth in Field Of Remembrancein Westminster, among all the fallen of past wars, he invites his subjects to leave their own floral tributes for the sovereign who passed away on 8 September, in Balmoral, after 70 years of reign. Camilla herself commented: “A really nice gesture.”

A cross for Queen Elizabeth

During yesterday’s ceremony, Camilla placed a wooden cross decorated with a red poppy for the queen mother-in-law. Next to it there are archive photos of Elisabetta, taken on the occasion of historical visits of the sovereign al Field of Remembrance at various times in his Royal life.

Queen Elizabeth war veteran

In her seven decades of reign, the queen had remained at the head of the British Armed Forces, a role she was particularly proud of: she herself, still a teenager, had served her country during the Second World War, as part of the transport service. auxiliary, qualifying as driver and mechanic and reaching the position of Junior Commander.

Queen Elizabeth at the 1975 “Remembrance Sunday” (Getty Images)

THEthe first Remembrance Sunday without Elizabeth II

On the morning of Sunday 13 November the Royal Family will gather at the Cenotaph, in central London, together with politicians and dignitaries, for the traditional ceremony that Queen Elizabeth never wanted to give up. Led by King Charles and the heir to the throne, Prince William, they will depose several wreaths of red poppies in memory of those who lost their lives for their country.

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Will George, Charlotte and Louis be there too?

To celebrate the occasion, William and Kate have changed, as usual, the photo of their social accounts, choosing a more sober one taken in 2018 at Festival of Remembrance, a concert held annually at the Royal Albert Hall in London. And on Sunday, at the Cenotaph, children George, 9, Charlotte, 7, and Louis, 4 are also expected for the first time.

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