Senior members of the Royal Family, including King Charles and the Queen Consort, will pay their respect to the fallen war dead at tonight's annual Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance.
His majesty has been joined at the event by the new Prince and Princess of Wales, The Earl and Countess of Wessex, The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, among others.
The royals were welcomed by Ian McCulloch, president of the Royal Albert Hall and Lieutenant General James Bashall, president of the Royal British Legion (RBL).
The Royal Family’s official twitter account said of the event: “Tonight, The King and The Queen Consort will be joined by members of The Royal Family for the Festival of Remembrance.
“This year’s theme reflects on the value of service and will include a special tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.”
The RBL said ahead of the event: “As the nation continues to emerge from a long period of great difficulty, we will reinforce our admiration of the unfailing sense of service displayed by the Armed Forces and commemorate those who gave their service, even at the cost of their lives.”
It comes ahead of tomorrow’s Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph in Whitehall - the King’s first after ascending to the throne in September.
A spokesman for the royals said: “The King will lay a new wreath, the design of which pays tribute to the wreath of His Majesty’s grandfather, King George VI, and Queen Elizabeth II.
“The wreath’s poppies are mounted on an arrangement of black leaves, as is traditional for the Sovereign, and its ribbon bears The King’s racing colours; scarlet, purple and gold.
"The Royal racing colours were also incorporated into the wreaths of King George V, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.
“The Queen Consort will view the Service from the balcony of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office building.
“For the first time, a wreath will be laid on Her Majesty’s behalf, by an Equerry from the Royal Household.
“The Queen Consort’s wreath will bear Her Majesty’s racing colours, inherited from her grandfather, and echoes the wreath of the previous Queen Consort, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.”
This year's Remembrance engagements for the family began on Thursday with The Queen Consort attending the opening of the 94th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey.
Fields of Remembrance can be found across the country and are plots of land in which people plant wooden crosses, each one dedicated to a member of the Armed Forces who lost their life in service.
On Friday The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester attended The National Memorial Arboretum Armistice Day Service in Staffordshire.
