Prince Harry made a discreet appearance at a Remembrance Sunday service in a Northamptonshire market town, while King Charles and Prince William joined Kate Middleton and Queen Camilla at the Cenotaph.
The Duke of Sussex marked his first Remembrance Sunday since returning to the UK with Meghan Markle by attending the ceremony in Brackley and keeping away from the main event in central London.
Wearing his military medals and a remembrance poppy, Harry stood among residents gathered in the town this afternoon.
In London, King Charles and Prince William were joined at the Cenotaph by Princess Anne and Prince Edward, while Queen Camilla and the Princess of Wales watched the proceedings from the Foreign Office balcony.
Thousands of people, including Andy Burnham at his first service as premier, bowed their heads for the traditional two-minute silence during the Whitehall ceremony.
Senior members of the Royal Family and political figures from across the decades laid wreaths at the Cenotaph before the Last Post was played in a solemn tribute to those who lost their lives in conflict.
Harry, who returned to Britain after six years living in California, was not seen at the London ceremony. Instead, he chose to commemorate Remembrance Sunday in the quieter surroundings of Brackley.
The Duke was seen smiling beside The Crown Hotel shortly before 3pm.
Prince Harry attended a low-key Remembrance Sunday service in Brackley, Northamptonshire
The Duke of Sussex kept a low profile as he marked Remembrance Sunday at the small-town event
King Charles and Prince William were joined by Princess Anne and other senior royals at the Cenotaph
Queen Camilla and the Princess of Wales watched the Remembrance Sunday ceremony from the Foreign Office balcony
One onlooker said: ‘He was at the memorial service, standing next to the pub.
‘He watched the ceremony and then went into the market afterwards, where he began shaking hands with people.
‘He was there for the entire service. We were there for 20 or 30 minutes, and he had arrived before us. He simply wanted to pay his respects.
‘It is a shame. He served his country, so why shouldn’t he be able to show his respect?’
At the London event, about 10,000 veterans took part in the Royal British Legion’s march past, representing more than 300 Armed Forces and civilian organisations.
Marchers of every age travelled along Whitehall, including bereaved children, military cadets and some of the last surviving veterans of the Second World War.
King Charles led the Cenotaph ceremony by laying the first wreath in memory of those killed in conflicts stretching back to the First World War. Prince William followed him.
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Dressed in field marshal uniform, complete with greatcoat, cap and sword, the King saluted as he stepped away from the Whitehall memorial after leading the nation in the two-minute silence.
His wreath echoed a design created for King George VI, featuring 41 paper poppy petals arranged against black leaves.
Prince William, wearing the uniform of a Lieutenant Colonel of the Household Cavalry with a black cloak and sword, also saluted after placing his wreath.
The Prince of Wales completed seven and a half years of full-time operational military service in 2013. Supporting current and former members of the Armed Forces remains a central part of his public work.
Thousands of mourners observed the two-minute silence during the Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Whitehall
Former prime ministers Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, Theresa May, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and John Major attended the ceremony (L-R)
Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Princess Anne then laid their own wreaths at the memorial.
Andy Burnham was joined by an unprecedented number of former prime ministers at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday.
Nine former premiers stood alongside him as he laid a wreath in Westminster to honour Britain’s war dead.
Sir John Major, Sir Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer lined up behind the serving political leaders.
The gathering of ten current and former leaders represented a modern record, reflecting the succession of governments and political divisions seen across the UK over the past decade.
It was also the first time Sir Keir had attended since Labour removed him from office earlier this year to make way for Mr Burnham.
For Ms Truss, the ceremony marked her fifth attendance since her 49-day premiership in 2022, the shortest in British political history.
Among the veterans present were around a dozen of the last surviving Second World War servicemen and women, including the oldest, who is 105.
Jeffrey Brereton, 105, worked as a mechanic on Hurricane aircraft during the Battle of Britain.
He volunteered for the RAF in 1940 at the age of 19 and left the service in 1946 to join the fire service, according to the Fire Fighters Charity.
The youngest marcher was eight-year-old Ronan Doncaster, who took part in memory of his father, a guardsman with the First Battalion Coldstream Guards who died in April 2024.
Prince Harry spent more than a decade in the military, rising to the rank of Captain and completing two tours of Afghanistan.
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