The Duke of Kent, aged 90, attended the Remembrance Sunday service at Whitehall in central London, just nine weeks after the death of his wife, Katharine, Duchess of Kent. The Duke watched the service from the balcony of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office overlooking the Cenotaph, alongside the Duchess of Edinburgh.
King Charles led the nation in paying respects, observing the two-minute silence at 11am and laying the first wreath at the Cenotaph. He was followed by Prince William, who laid a wreath featuring the Prince of Wales feathers. The Duke of Kent's wreath was laid on his behalf by Captain Pieter Myburgh, his equerry from The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.
The Duke served in the Armed Forces for 21 years, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1976. He was later given the honorary rank of Field Marshal in 1993. He remains Deputy Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.
Some 10,000 armed forces veterans took part in the annual Royal British Legion march-past, including D-Day veterans marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War. The Duchess of Kent died on 4 September, and her funeral on 16 September was the first Catholic funeral for a member of the royal family in modern history.
