Royal Family News: Kate Middleton Attends Anzac Day Service With Prince William

British royal family news shows that today Kate Middleton surprised royal fans when she joined her husband Prince William in honoring Australians and New Zealanders killed in WWI at an event to mark Anzac Day.

Monday Prince William attended a memorial service at The Cenotaph war memorial in London and he laid a wreath of poppies on behalf of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth. William will be king after his father Prince Charles, and Charles will ascend the throne after his mother. Her Majesty is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee this year, marking a 70 year reign.

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After his visit to the Cenotaph William arrived at Westminster Abbey for the Anzac Day Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving. There Kate joined him in a cream coat dress she wore at their daughter Princess Charlotte’s christening in 2015.

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Kate and Prince William wore red poppy pins, a tradition which pays homage to military members who have died in war.

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John McCrae wrote the poem “In Flanders Fields” about World War I. The opening stanza reads: In Flanders fields the poppies blow …” and it is believed to have given inspiration to the tradition of wearing the poppies to commemorate the dead. The royal family, as well as UK citizens wear such pins when honoring military veterans who sacrificed their lives for their country.

Anzac Day is marked each year to commemorate the first major battle involving Australian and New Zealand troops during World War I. The first Anzac Day was held in London in 1916, when King George V attended a memorial service at Westminster Abbey.

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Last year William’s aunt Princess Anne represented the royal family at the Westminster Abbey service for Anzac Day. The prior year the event was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. In 2019 Kate and Prince Harry attended the memorial service together.

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This weekend, Kate and Prince William the Duchess and Duke of Cambridge celebrated the fourth birthday of their youngest child, Prince Louis. As has become their custom, the couple released new portraits of the royal tyke, including one taken by Kate. The photo shows the adorable playing on the sand and like kids everywhere he is growing up fast!

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