The royal family has paid their respects to the New Zealand and Australian soldiers who lost their lives while fighting for their countries during Anzac services in London.
Although the United Kingdom has their own day of reflection – Poppy Day on November 11 – the royal family joined their Australian and New Zealand counterparts in honouring fallen soldiers across the Commonwealth.
King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla shared photos on Twitter of the pair laying wreaths for those who died for their countries.
“This Anzac Day, we pay tribute to all the men and women in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, who served and died in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations,” the royal account posted on Twitter.
Prince William and Princess Kate of Wales also shared pictures of them attending a dawn service and laying wreaths, alongside the high commissioners of Australia and New Zealand.
On April 25, thousands gather to mark the anniversary of the Anzac soldiers landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915, during World War I.
There were dawn services up and down New Zealand, with the biggest including one in Auckland, outside the Auckland War Memorial Museum, and at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington.
Further down south, thousands braved sub-zero temperatures to attend the dawn service in Christchurch’s Cathedral Square, the first service to be held in the square since the Christchurch earthquakes.
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