The Princess in Catherine Walker and Jane Taylor for Remembrance Sunday

The Princess of Wales chose a Catherine Walker design for today’s Remembrance Sunday ceremony. 

The service is held at the Cenotaph, the national monument commemorating “The Glorious Dead” on Whitehall in London. Below is the Cenotaph when it was unveiled on Armistice Day in 1920 by King George.  
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 And the scene today. 

We learn more from this BBC piece. 

For more than a century, this national Remembrance event has been held around the Cenotaph.

The monument had been originally built in 1919 as a temporary, plaster and wood structure. But it proved so popular with the public that it was replaced in 1920 with a permanent version, in the same design but in stone.

It was opened at 11:00 on 11 November 1920 by King George V. His great grandson, King Charles III, was there again, on an overcast morning 106 years later, to continue paying respect.

The King, the Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of Edinburgh as they walk to the Cenotaph.

The Queen and the Princess of Wales share a smile as they watch from a balcony at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

The King, Prince William, and Princess Anne.

The Duchess of Edinburgh, the Duke of Kent, and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. 
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A wider shot of the Queen and Princess of Wales. 

Among the dignitaries taking part in today’s ceremony for the first time, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Nine former Prime Ministers also attended: Sir Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, Theresa May, Sir David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Sir Tony Blair, and Sir John Major. 

The King laid the first wreath, stepped back from the memorial, and saluted. 

The Princess Royal. 

The Prince of Wales.

The Duke of Edinburgh. 

Another view of the Queen and Princess.

The Duchess of Edinburgh. 

After wreaths were laid, they prayed and sang a hymn. The BBC has more.  

After the wreath laying procession has concluded, Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally leads those gathered at the Cenotaph in prayer, before the band performs a hymn.

She is the first female to hold the role as senior bishop of the Church of England. All 105 previous Archbishops of Canterbury have been men, starting with St Augustine in 597 AD.

Below, the Archbishop. 

The King during a moment of reflection. 

Then it was time for the march past the Cenotaph. Below, the Chelsea Pensioners as they formed up at Horse Guards Parade.

Another unit headed to the march past. 

Members of the WAAF WRAF RAF(W) Association, (Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, Women’s Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Women’s Branch) as they leave Horse Guards Parade.

Below, members of BLESMA, an organization assisting serving and ex-servicemen and women who have suffered life-changing limb loss or the use of a limb, an eye, or loss of sight. We return to the BBC’s coverage. 

The occasion marked a big moment of reflection in a chaotic world, our royal correspondent at the service in Whitehall writes.

As the ceremony in Whitehall concluded, some 10,000 veterans took part in a march-past through Whitehall.

Among them are about 12 World War Two veterans – 103-year-old former Land Girl Annie Duplock told the BBC she expected it to be an “emotional day, bringing back memories of all those who didn’t return home”.

Ms. Duplock during today’s march past.

More about Ms. Duplock comes via this article in The National. 

Ms Duplock joined the Land Army in 1940, aged 16, having lied about her age to enrol.

Based at a farm in Leicestershire for four years, she worked long days milking cows, ploughing fields and harvesting crops, helping to feed the nation during the Second World War.

After the march, she said she was “here to represent all the land girls” and added that it was “hard to explain” how the ceremony had felt.

Below are more Second World War veterans: Jeffrey Brereton, Betty Withers, Bill Jones, Michael Woods, Ron Cunningham, and Donald McAngus.

The National has background on Mr. Brereton in this story. 

The oldest Second World War veteran at the national Remembrance Sunday parade was nicknamed “Lucky” during the war and had never been to the Cenotaph before. 

Jeffrey Brereton, 105, was a Royal Air Force mechanic in the Second World War, before leaving the army to join the fire service in 1946.

Mr Brereton added: “I didn’t have any basic training at all with the RAF; it was just straight in.”

The 105-year-old said he was posted with the 605 Royal Auxiliary Squadron during the Battle of Britain in 1940, and that he was thinking about his squadron during the ceremony.

Below is Mr. Brereton today.

Here you see a member (members?) of the Spirit of Normandy Trust, a charitable group set up to perpetuate the memory of those who fought to preserve freedom in 1944. 

Members of the UK Afghanistan Veterans Community. 

Members of the Submariners Association as they march past the memorial. 

An elevated view of the march.

More than 10000 veterans and active-duty personnel marched today, watched by a large crowd.

And this view offers a glimpse of the wreaths laid at the Cenotaph.

The Duke of Edinburgh took the salute this year. Below, the Queen’s Own Highlanders Regimental Association marches past the Duke, the Secretary of State for Defense, the Rt. Hon. Wes Streeting MP (left), and the Royal British Legion National President, Vice Admiral (Rtd) Paul Bennett CB OBE.

Now for our look at what Kate wore. We begin with her bespoke Catherine Walker coat, a tailored double-breasted design with padded shoulders, princess seams, a sharply pointed velvet collar, asymmetric closure, and velvet buttons.

The Princess debuted a new hat by Jane Taylor London. The ‘Decima’ hat ($2940) is a made-to-measure piece, “crafted from luxury felt for a beautifully soft yet structured finish. Its classic silhouette is elevated by a refined bow detail… this versatile hat is secured with a discreet comb for a comfortable, seamless fit that stays in place all day.”

The Princess wore her hair up. 

All the better to showcase the Collingwood Pearl and Diamond Earrings and her three poppies. Some believe the three poppies represent the Princess’s great-uncles who died in action in World War I. 

She also wore her HMS Glasgow Brooch designed by James Porter and Son, one of Scotland’s oldest jewelers.  The brooch was “inspired by the crest of the Royal Navy warship HMS Glasgow” and was first noted in May 2025, when the Princess officially named the HMS Glasgow. The jeweler explains the brooch is “Crafted from sterling silver; it features a depiction of St Kentigern — patron saint of Glasgow — framed by the Scottish thistle.”

VIDEOS: 
ITN’s Royal Family Channel offers more than 11 minutes of coverage from today’s ceremony.

 Here is the Sky News coverage. 

 And here is more than two hours of coverage provided by the UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport.