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Nine former PMs join King Charles at Remembrance Sunday service in London

Andy Burnham takes part for first time alongside about 12 second world war veterans, as ceremonies held across UKSecond world war veterans outnumbered former prime ministers for what could be the last time at the national service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in central London.The number of surviving service personnel from that conflict attending the service has dwindled from 20 last year to abou

Published Sunday, 8 November 2026 at 13:05
Nine former PMs join King Charles at Remembrance Sunday service in London
Andy Burnham takes part for first time alongside about 12 second world war veterans, as ceremonies held across UKSecond world war veterans outnumbered former prime ministers for what could be the last time at the national service of remembrance at the Cenotaph in central London.The number of surviving service personnel from that conflict attending the service has dwindled from 20 last year to about a dozen, the oldest of whom was Jeffrey Brereton, who served in the RAF. He volunteered for the air force in 1940, at the age of 19, and served as a mechanic on Hurricane aircraft during the Battle of Britain. Continue reading...

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