The Duke of Gloucester led the royal family at today’s Anzac Day commemoration, where he joined Australians and New Zealanders to attend a service in London.
The Queen’s 77-year-old cousin, Prince Richard, attended the dawn service at the New Zealand Memorial in Hyde Park, where lectures were read and the final message was played by a trumpet player.
A haka was also performed before the duke is depicted laying a wreath as the event concludes.
Next, Prince William will attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Whitehall Cenotaph, followed by a memorial service and thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey.
Anzac Day – 25 April – Gallipoli’s World War I.
The Queen’s 77-year-old cousin, Prince Richard, attended dawn service at the New Zealand Memorial, where lectures were held at the New Zealand Memorial in London’s Hyde Park Corner, the final message was heard from a trumpet player, and wreaths were laid as the end approached.
William will lay wreaths on the Cenotaph in the Queen’s name, and hundreds of people will attend a parade, including members of veterans, military and ex-military associations, and their families.
Between 300 and 400 veterans and their families and members of veterans’ associations will gather at the Cenotaph to lay wreaths.
Traditional church service at the abbey will include a speech by the Dean of Westminster, readings by the New Zealand and Australian High Commissioners, prayers recited by children from each country, and a Maori waiata performed by the London-based Ngati Ranana London Maori Club. .
It is the latest in a series of promises in which the queen, who will turn 96 next week, has lost sight of her health concerns.
A haka was held today during the sunrise service to commemorate Anzac Day at the New Zealand Memorial in Hyde Park Corner.
Thousands of Anzac soldiers – the corps of the Australian and New Zealand army – died in the ill-fated 1915 campaign.
Waves of Allied forces launched an amphibious assault on the strategically important Turkish peninsula, which is key to controlling the Black Sea and the Dardanelles, a crucial route for Russia.
But the plan advocated by Winston Churchill, then the first lord of the navy, was flawed and, faced with heroic defense from the Turks, the expedition led to a stalemate and retreat eight months later.
Legacy is a celebration of the “Anzac spirit” – courage, endurance, initiative, discipline and friendship – displayed by the antipodal troops.
It included dawn liturgy readings at the New Zealand Memorial, the final message being played by a trumpeter and wreaths laid as the end draws to a close
Crowds gathered earlier today to attend the Rite of the Dawn in London. The event was commemorated in the city on the first anniversary of the Anzac Landing, when King George V attended a service at Westminster Abbey.
Anzac Day is commemorated in London on the first anniversary of the Anzac landing, when King George V attended a service at Westminster Abbey.
Since then, the services have become a prime time for thousands of New Zealand and Australian immigrants and visitors.
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall commemorated this “brave comradeship” in a message published before Anzac Day.
The Crown Prince said in his statement: “On this Anzac day, my wife and I remember all the brave troops who resisted so much on the beaches and rugged hills of the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915.
The crowd looked gloomy as they attended mass in Hyde Park today
“As we commemorate the sacrifices of Australian and New Zealand military personnel in the two world wars and other conflicts and in peacekeeping operations, our thoughts will also turn to communities around the world torn by violence and conflict, and to those fighting for freedom in the face of oppression.
“In 1916, a year after the Gallipoli landing, my great-grandfather, King George V, wrote of the first Anzacs: “In great fellowship they gave their lives for a great cause.”
“One hundred and six years later, brave friendship remains the hallmark of New Zealand and Australia’s uniformed men and women.”
During the event, as the sun was rising, a lone Grenadier stood up to watch the monument.
At the next Westminster Abbey service, the Dean of Westminster will give the address.
There will also be readings by the New Zealand and Australian High Commissioners, prayers by children from each country, and a Maori waiata, or song, performed by London-based Ngati Ranana.
Meanwhile, many in Australia have gathered to pay tribute to large numbers of military personnel for the first time since the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020.
Meanwhile, the soldiers took their places at the memorial service this morning when the mass began.
Crowds gathered at the New Zealand memorial that opened in Hyde Park this morning in 2006.
The 107th anniversary ceremonies began after Australian and New Zealand troops landed on the shores of Gallipoli during the First World War.
This year sees the return of large-scale Anzac Day commemorations from 2019 following Covid-19 restrictions in recent years. It is also the first ceremony to be held since the withdrawal of Australian and US-led coalition troops from Afghanistan.
From 4:30am on Monday, Australians will be at Currumbin on the Gold Coast, Martin Place in Sydney, the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance, the Cenotaph in Brisbane and the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and the country. gathered at ceremonies around the world.
Chelsea retirees were among those attending the London event this morning (pictured)
Source: Daily Mail
