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A kingdom united in Remembrance:Queen&Kate defy terror threat to lead the country on 100th anniversa
Beautiful Photos The Daily Mail ^ | 9 November 2014 | Dan Bloom

Posted on 11/09/2014 5:32:50 AM PST by Fenhalls555

The Queen was applauded today in an unprecedented mark of appreciation as she led millions of Britons in remembering the fallen.

The monarch laid a wreath on the Cenotaph at the national Remembrance Day service alongside senior Royals, veterans and the Prime Minister despite heightened police checks, just days after officers thwarted an alleged terror plot.

The spontaneous smattering of applause, as she left Whitehall in central London, was a rare sound for a remembrance service usually characterised by respectful silence, and may have been in tribute to her fortitude at turning out to the service despite terror fears.

Hundreds of services have been held this morning across Britain 100 years after the First World War broke out, 70 years after D-Day and weeks after British troops left Afghanistan.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; dday; england; firstworldwar; greatwar; princeharry; wwi
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1 posted on 11/09/2014 5:32:50 AM PST by Fenhalls555
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Absolutely jaw-dropping post you have here.


2 posted on 11/09/2014 6:04:42 AM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism cannot survive without conservatives to fund it.)
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To: Jacquerie; definitelynotaliberal; Publius; Billthedrill

Make sure you see this from its source.


3 posted on 11/09/2014 6:06:29 AM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism cannot survive without conservatives to fund it.)
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To: Fenhalls555

Great photos. Thanks.


4 posted on 11/09/2014 6:14:44 AM PST by what's up
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To: Fenhalls555

A great old broad, I must say.


5 posted on 11/09/2014 6:21:37 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard III: Loyalty Binds Me)
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To: Fenhalls555
Very nice.

World War I changed everything, unfortunately.

6 posted on 11/09/2014 6:33:12 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Democrats have a lynch mob mentality. They always have.)
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To: Fenhalls555

Again, thanks for this outstanding follow up to yesterday’s poppy thread.


7 posted on 11/09/2014 6:35:01 AM PST by tomkat
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To: tomkat

It’s a pleasure. You are most welcome.


8 posted on 11/09/2014 6:42:42 AM PST by Fenhalls555
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To: Loud Mime

All thanks due to The Daily Mail.


9 posted on 11/09/2014 6:46:00 AM PST by Fenhalls555
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To: Fenhalls555

Great find. Thank you for the post.


10 posted on 11/09/2014 6:50:30 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
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I have just returned from a Remembrance service, in a tiny village in Ayrshire, which my retired parents moved to this year.

Despite being almost basically a collection of houses either side of a main road south, the village lost ten men in WW1 and three (including a DFC) in WW2. Over 30 men served from the village in both wars. Despite being a tiny village, the service on the village green at the war memorial was attended by 15 people, including veterans and young people. Passing traffic slowed in respect. Quiet, dignified and heartening.

I laid a small wooden cross with a poppy.


11 posted on 11/09/2014 7:01:59 AM PST by the scotsman (UK)
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To: Fenhalls555

Thank you for the link. Very moving photos.


12 posted on 11/09/2014 7:41:15 AM PST by BigBobber (`)
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To: Fenhalls555

God bless those veterans and God bless those in Britain who still adhere to the principles that made her great.


13 posted on 11/09/2014 7:42:30 AM PST by Bigg Red (Too many productive Americans are POWs in the War on Poverty.)
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To: Fenhalls555

Mrs. Windsor has a lot of Moxie. She has been a very good queen.


14 posted on 11/09/2014 7:45:38 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Fenhalls555

God save the Queen.


15 posted on 11/09/2014 8:00:10 AM PST by exPBRrat
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16 posted on 11/09/2014 8:13:01 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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17 posted on 11/09/2014 8:14:18 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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18 posted on 11/09/2014 8:15:06 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Fenhalls555

The Brits know how to do it!

Check out the source for other images.


19 posted on 11/09/2014 8:15:40 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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Bfl


20 posted on 11/09/2014 8:17:26 AM PST by Professional Engineer (You all can go to hell, I'm going to Texas.)
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