Overview
- Catherine, Princess of Wales, who led London’s ANZAC Day commemorations Saturday, laid a wreath at the Cenotaph on behalf of King Charles.
- The wreath carried a handwritten message honoring Australian and New Zealand troops and it was signed by both Catherine and Prince William, a rare public use of royal signatures.
- Prince William did not attend, and at the Westminster Abbey service the seat next to Catherine remained empty.
- Earlier at the Dawn Service at Wellington Arch, Princess Anne took part in readings, a silence, the Last Post bugle call, and wreath-laying.
- ANZAC Day marks the 1915 Gallipoli landings and serves as a national day of remembrance for service members from Australia and New Zealand.