The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have joined the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh as they paid tribute to those who lost their lives at Gallipoli on the 100th anniversary of the end of that campaign. The Queen and her husband laid a wreath at a war memorial near Sandringham following Sunday service today.
The Queen bows her head while Prince Philip adjusts their wreath as their royal couple paid tribute to those killed at Gallipoli
(photo screenshot from lynnnews.com)
The Sandringham memorial, erected by the Queen's grandparents King George V and Queen Mary, was surrounded by local people who had gathered for the simple service held on the centenary of the final withdrawal from Gallipoli. During the campaign, which began in April 1915, 58,000 Allied servicemen died.
The Queen and her husband stood with William and Kate just behind them for the ceremony. They then walked forward to lay a wreath of poppies.
Earlier, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge along with Kate's parents, Michael and Carole Middleton, and her siblings, Pippa and James, had joined the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh at Sunday service at St Mary Magdalene church, Sandringham.
The Middletons joined the royals a day after Kate celebrated her 34th birthday. The duchess spent her special day privately and while some of the wellwishers who turned out to see her today asked about her birthday, there was also talk of Prince George's first day at nursery which Kate said he had 'thoroughly enjoyed'.
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