Kate returns to official royal duties with commemoration of war dead

LONDON — King Charles III led Remembrance Day commemorations in London on Sunday as the United Kingdom remembered British and Commonwealth servicemen and women who have lost their lives to conflict.

LONDON — King Charles III led Remembrance Day commemorations in London on Sunday as the United Kingdom remembered British and Commonwealth servicemen and women who have lost their lives to conflict.

After a two-minute silence observed across the nation at 11 a.m. local time, the King laid the first wreath at the foot of the capital’s Cenotaph war memorial. U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and conservative opposition leader Kemi Badenoch also lay wreaths.

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

Catherine, Princess of Wales, on Sunday.WPA Pool / Getty ImagesQueen Camilla missed the occasion after falling ill with a chest infection 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.

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