Kate Middletonjoined husbandPrince Williamin honoring Australians and New Zealanders killed in war.
To mark Anzac Day on Monday,Prince Williamattended a poignant service at The Cenotaph war memorial in London. He laid a wreath of poppies on behalf of his grandmotherQueen Elizabeth.
Both Kate andPrince Williamsportedred poppy pins, an artificial flower that has been used since 1921 to commemorate military members who have died in war.
Kate Middleton and Prince William.Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images
In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.
The royal family proudly wears their pins when they honor armed forces who sacrificed their lives.
Kate Middleton.Alamy Stock Photo
Anzac Day commemorates the first major battle involving Australian and New Zealand forces during World War I. It has been honored in London since the first anniversary of the Anzac landings at Gallipoli in 1916, when King George V attended a service at Westminster Abbey.
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Earlier in the day, the Queen’s cousin Prince Richard, the Duke of Gloucester attended the Dawn Service at the New Zealand Memorial at London’s Hyde Park Corner.
Last year, Princess Anne represented the royal family at the Westminster Abbey service for Anzac Day after the event was canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Kate andPrince Harryattended togetherin 2019, withMeghan Marklemissed the event as she was nearing the end of her pregnancy with son Archie, born just a couple weeks later.
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Bearing a striking resemblance to both brotherPrince George, 8, and sisterPrincess Charlotte, 6, Louis sprints in front of the camera with a smile on his face and playfully holds a cricket ball.
source: people.com
