The Duchess of Cambridge and the Duchess of Cornwall stood alongside the Queen on the balcony of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office building for the Remembrance Sunday service
The Queen was spotted wiping away a tear November 11, 2019 - 12:33 GMT Danielle Stacey The Queen was joined by members of the royal family as she paid tribute to the nation's war heroes on Remembrance Sunday. And while the royals and their fellow attendees honoured those who lost their lives in conflict during the poignant service at the Cenotaph, they also gave a nod to Her Majesty the Queen by singing the national anthem.
READ: The simple reason Meghan Markle was on a different balcony to Kate Middleton at Remembrance Sunday eventThe royals are grouped together in order of precedence on the balconies and the Duke of Edinburgh used to stand alongside the Queen, but since retiring from public duties in 2017, he has been absent from the service.
As a mark of respect, the royals on the balconies were all dressed in black for the Remembrance service, with the Queen sporting five poppies on her left lapel. While Buckingham Palace has never confirmed the reason for the monarch's preference, it is thought that the Queen's five poppies represent each service in the war: the Army, the Navy, the RAF, the Civil Defence and women.
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