5/3/2023 0 Comments Queen remembrance poppy![]() However, she stood on a separate balcony to the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who stood two metres apart in theirs, due to social distancing. Queen Elizabeth appeared on a balcony at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office building in Whitehall, London. The best way to wear a poppy is simply with pride." "It is a matter of personal choice whether someone chooses to wear a poppy and how they choose to wear it. Guidelines on The British Legion’s official website state: "There is no 'correct' way to wear a poppy. However, the British Legion has clarified that it doesn’t matter which side of the chest you wear the symbol. Some believe the Queen wears her poppy to the left, as with military medals, as it is closest to the heart. It has also been suggested that the move is symbolic of the Queen’s position as the head of the Royal Family, and also the highest ranking dignitary at the service. ![]() The Queen stood in the centre balcony along with her lady-in-waiting Pool/Samir Hussein // Getty Images ![]() Although Buckingham Palace has never confirmed the exact reason, one theory is that each poppy represents each service in the World Wars: the Army, the Navy, the RAF, the Civil Defence and women. It's been noted that the monarch always wears the most poppies to the annual service, wearing five last year, and three in 2017. The poppy is typically worn throughout the month of November, and the royal family is no exception.īut in yesterday's Remembrance Day Service, the Queen was spotted wearing not one, but five poppies, and some have questioned why this is. The poppy became a widely recognised symbol of remembrance and hope after the flowers bloomed in Flanders Field, a major battleground of the First World War where many lives were lost. Despite England currently being days into a month-long lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus, the royals came out to honour the lost servicemen and women from World War I, on the 102 nd anniversary of the end of the Great War. Queen Elizabeth was joined by the rest of the senior ranking British royal family over the weekend, as they attended a socially distanced Remembrance Sunday Service in central London.
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