King leads solemn Remembrance service at Cenotaph

King Charles led the nation in a solemn two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday in London to honour veterans who have died in conflict. On a stone-grey autumn morning, he laid a wreath at the Cenotaph, Whitehall before a march-past by 10,000 armed forces veterans. That included a shrinking number of World War Two veterans, with 12 taking part this year, including 103-year-old Annie Duplock, who described it as a "very emotional day".

But the number of former prime ministers reached a record high, with nine lined up to lay wreaths, while Andy Burnham was attending for the first time as the current occupant of No 10 Downing Street. And for the first time the leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, had enough MPs in Parliament to qualify to lay a wreath, alongside other party leaders. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were among the royals in attendance, along with military chiefs, senior politicians, diplomats and faith leaders, watched by big crowds squeezed behind railings along Whitehall.

Among the flags on the roof of that Whitehall building is the Ukrainian blue and yellow.