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Charles and Camilla attend RBL Festival of Remembrance

King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla have arrived at the Royal Albert Hall (Image: GETTY / PA)King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla have arrived at the Royal British Legion’s Festival of Remembrance. This year’s service at the Royal Albert Hall marks the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War. The festival also pays tribute to Elizabeth II and her 70 years of service to the nation, including as the longest-serving Commander-in-Chief of Britain’s Armed Forces.Their Royal Highnesses were greeted at the majestic, central London venue by Royal Albert Hall president Ian McCullogh and Royal British Legion (RBL) President, Lieutenant General James Bashall.King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla were the last to arrive for the special event. They were joined by the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Earl and Countess of Wessex as well as Princess Anne and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.The festival, which also gives thanks to those who have served their country or made the ultimate sacrifice, will be followed on Sunday by King Charles leading the nation at the Cenotaph for the first time as monarch.Charles will lay a new poppy wreath incorporating a ribbon of his racing colours. The design is in tribute to those used by both his late mother and his grandfather, George VI. Charles lays a wreath on behalf of Elizabeth II during the annual Remembrance Sunday Service in 2018 (Image: Getty) King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort at the unveiling of Elizabeth II’s statue in York (Image: Getty)

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