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Poppies and pearls for Remembrance Sunday

Remembrance Sunday is an important annual event on the royal calendar, with most working members of the Royal Family attending the ceremony each November. The Princess of Wales was able to attend the ceremony and stood with The Duchess of Edinburgh on the central balcony, both wearing meaningful pieces of jewellery.  In addition to three poppies in honour of her great-great uncles who died in…
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Royal News

Catherine and Sophie take the centre balcony at Remembrance Sunday service

The Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Edinburgh took the centre balcony at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office for the Remembrance Sunday service. The royal duo watched the Remembrance Sunday service, which saw King Charles, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Princess Royal lay wreaths on behalf of the nation and the military. Equerries for Queen Camilla and…
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King Charles III

Following Prince Philip's lead - Camilla makes a poignant Remembrance tribute

Following in the steps of the late Duke of Edinburgh, the Duchess of Cornwall made a poignant Remembrance tribute at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior. Inside Westminster Abbey in London, the Duchess laid a wreath at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior to mark Armistice Day, the day the Allied powers signed a ceasefire agreement with Germany in France on 11 November 1918. This agreement would…
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Queen Elizabeth II

Why does The Queen wear so many poppies?

During November, The Queen and members of the Royal Family wear red poppies in memory of the fallen. However, The Queen does not just wear one poppy but instead several. The reason for this is a bit unsure. Some believe it is just one corsage that she wears while others…