Soon before the service was due to begin at the Cenotaph in London, Buckingham Palace announced the Queen would not be in attendance after "having sprained her back". The Duchess of Cambridge stands with the Duchess of Cornwall and the Countess of Wessex on the balcony overlooking the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. "It remains The Queen's firm intention to be present for the National Service of Remembrance on Remembrance Sunday, on 14th November," the palace said in a statement.įor a daily dose of 9Honey, subscribe to our newsletter here. Although the Queen, 95, has cancelled some engagements after her recent hospitalisation, Buckingham Palace said Her Majesty plans to attend the service on Sunday. In the lead up to Remembrance Sunday on November 14, the royal family will participate in numerous events this week. When all the official accounts of the British Royal family members change at once, it's usually to mark a significant occasion - the last time this happened was when Prince Philip passed away in April, which was announced with the same post shared to each account and all three changing their profile pictures. After all, every poppy counts," he continued. "My wife and I are immensely proud to launch the Poppy Appeal in this seminal year and we invite the nation to come together and, once again, wear a poppy in support of our Armed Forces community. READ MORE: How the royals have marked their milestone birthdays - and the parties that made headlines This year, we warmly welcome the return of Poppy Appeal collectors to our communities." had to withdraw its collectors from the streets, owing to the pandemic. "Last year, for the first time in its history, the R.B.L. "The simple act of wearing a poppy is only made possible because of volunteer Poppy Appeal collectors who share a common goal - to recognise the unique contribution of the Armed Forces community," the 72-year-old Prince of Wales personally wrote in the caption, a rarity on the Clarence House social media pages. (Instagram)Ĭlarence House's pages - the joint social media profiles of Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall - updated their social media pages with a more recent photo, a portrait of the couple previously shared on October 28, where they're seated with 10 volunteer Poppy Appeal collectors, each volunteer representing one of the 10 decades of the Royal British Legion. (Instagram) The Queen used this image as her profile photo in November 2020 as well to mark Remembrance Day. READ MORE: Prince William awards MBE to Marcus Rashford as football star's mum watches on Prince William and Kate Middleton's new profile photo nods to the fact that the poppy has been used for 100 years to honour the lives lost in war. This image was also used last year by the pages for the whole of November. Meanwhile, Her Majesty 's Instagram and Twitter accounts - under username TheRoyalFamily - changed their photo from an image of the Queen smiling to one taken at Westminster Abbey's Field of Remembrance in November 2004, where the Queen is dressed in black with a red poppy pin. While the Cambridges have changed their Instagram and Twitter pages to reflect Remembrance Day, their YouTube channel still uses this smiling snap as its profile photo. Prior to this year's change, the Cambridges' profile photo was a candid shot taken last year when the couple visited Ireland, which shows Kate looking at her husband while the duo giggle together. Last year, Prince William, 39, and Kate, 39, chose a photo from their 2016 visit to Manchester, which showed the couple laying a wreath of poppies. READ MORE: Queen returns to Windsor Castle from Sandringham ahead of Remembrance Sunday This candid shot of Prince William and Kate Middleton taken in Ireland in 2020 was the Cambridges' old profile photo.
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