The Royal Family will lead the nation in paying respects to its war dead at the traditional wreath-laying service at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. Political leaders, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour's Jeremy Corbyn, will take a break from election campaigning to attend the service at the memorial on Whitehall in central London.
'When you go Home, tell them of us and say, For your Tomorrow, we gave our Today.'
This morning, members of the Royal Family joined faith leaders, political leaders, veterans and serving members of the Armed Forces who gathered at the Cenotaph on Whitehall to remember those who have lost their lives in conflict.
The word cenotaph means ‘empty tomb’ and it symbolises the unprecedented losses suffered during the First World War. The Cenotaph was unveiled by King George V on 11 November 1920 at the same ceremony which saw the Unknown Warrior laid to rest.
Initially intended as a temporary structure, the Cenotaph was made permanent after the British people, still grieving for the huge losses of the First World War, took the monument to their hearts.
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Over 800 Armed Forces personnel from the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force joined the Royal Family, veterans and the public today at the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph, London.
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"When you go home, tell them of us and say, for their tomorrow we gave our today." -Rudyard Kipling