A FITTING TRIBUTE

The King leads senior royals in a moving Remembrance Sunday service in London, while Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor marks the event further afield

- TRACY SCHAVERIEN

Bowing his head and appearing emotional as he laid a wreath at the Cenotaph, the King led the royal family in a moving Remembrance Sunday service in London.

His Majesty was joined at the annual event by the Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, the Duke of Kent and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, as well as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, other senior politicians and faith leaders.

Crowds wearing poppy badges, scarves and bags lined Whitehall, clapping and cheering as veterans and military personnel took their places for the march, which included around 10,000 participants representing 341 different armed forces and civilian associations.

They ranged from 20 Second World War veterans, six of whom were 101 years old, to the youngest participant, eight-year-old Evie Roots, who has been supported by the charity Scotty's Little Soldiers after her father died in a parachuting accident in 2018.

The Queen and Kate were sombre in black as they stood side by side to watch proceedings from a balcony at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, at times chatting animatedly and exchanging warm smiles. The Princess was elegant in a black coat dress, lace ruffled scarf and asymmetrical Lock & Co hat, with a single red poppy on her lapel.