Kate returns to official royal duties with commemoration of war dead

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LONDON — King Charles III led Remembrance Day commemorations in London on Sunday as the ******* Kingdom remembered British and Commonwealth servicemen and women who have

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After a two-minute silence observed across the nation at 11 a.m. local time,

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the first wreath at the foot of the capital’s Cenotaph war memorial. U.K.

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and

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also lay wreaths.

Charles was joined by Prince William and Princess Kate, who has slowly returned to public duties this year following treatment for *******. She watched from the balcony of the U.K.’s foreign office.

Catherine, Princess of Wales, on Sunday.

Queen Camilla missed the occasion after

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that forced her to withdraw from public duties this week.

The wreaths were adorned by poppies, a symbol of remembrance also worn on lapels by many across the U.K. in the build-up to Remembrance Day.

Poppies were a common sight on the battle-scarred lands of Europe

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. The lime in the rubble left behind after artillery bombardments helped fertilize the plants, which flourished across Belgium and northern France during the war, then largely disappeared once the lime was gone.

King Charles at The Cenotaph in London.

Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a ********* who served as a brigade surgeon in the war, made the poppy a famous symbol of the conflict with his poem “In Flanders Field,” where he channeled the voice of fallen soldiers ******* beneath the poppies.

Remembrance Day was originally intended to commemorate the victims of World War I when some 9.7 million military personnel from more than two dozen countries

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, according to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, as well as 6.8 million civilians, who ***** from causes like starvation

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Princess Kate was also in attendance at Saturday evening’s Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall, her first major public appearance since finishing chemotherapy.

Camilla and Kate in 2022.

She watched a commemorative concert from the royal box alongside William and other members of the Royal Family, as singer Tom Jones performed for the crowd alongside the Royal Air Force band.

Both events form part of the ******* Kingdom’s Remembrance Day commemorations as the nation pays tribute to those whose lives were affected by World War I, and remembers those who *****.

Services will be held in almost every town and city across the U.K.

Charles, who has also received treatment for ******* this year, received a standing ovation from the audience when he arrived at the Royal Albert Hall.

Prince William said

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has been “brutal” as his wife and father announced their diagnoses with ******* at the beginning of the year.

“It’s been dreadful. It’s probably been the hardest year in my life,” William told NBC News’ British partner, Sky News, in Cape Town, South *******, last week.

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