FITTING TRIBUTE; Blair son looks part on parade.YOUNG Nicholas Blair did his father proud yesterday as he wore a smart tie and blazer for the Remembrance Day ceremony. The Prime Minister's children were criticised last year for attending in sweatshirts and casual clothes. And on Saturday night eldest son Euan, 14, again came under fire for wearing cords and grey jumper at the annual Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall. But yesterday Nicholas, 12, was in formal black and white as the Queen led the traditional tribute at the Cenotaph cenotaph (Greek: “empty tomb”) Monument, sometimes in the form of a tomb, to a person buried elsewhere. Ancient Greek writings tell of many cenotaphs, none of which survives. Existing cenotaphs of this type are found in churches (e.g. in London's Whitehall. More than 10,000 war veterans, many in wheelchairs, braved cold and rain to pay their respects to the fallen. The Queen Mother, 98, watched from the balcony of the Foreign Office alongside Princess Anne and her Navy officer husband Tim Laurence. Ill-health had kept her away from the three previous ceremonies. First World War veterans no longer take part. Jeremy Lillies, of the Royal British Legion, said last night: "It was wonderful to see her there again." As Big Ben struck 11am, there was not a sound save for the falling leaves of the plane trees which line Whitehall. The two-minute silence ended with the firing of a gun from Horseguards Parade by the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery is a ceremonial unit of the British Army. It was named The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery in 1947 when King George VI decided that, following the mechanisation of the last batteries of horse drawn artillery, a troop of horse , followed by the Last Post sounded by buglers of the Royal Marines. The Queen then stepped forward to lay her wreath at the side of the Cenotaph, before bowing her head in tribute. She was followed by the Duke of Edinburgh Noun 1. Duke of Edinburgh - Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921) Philip, Prince Philip , the Duke of York
The title Duke of York is a title of nobility in the British peerage. Since the 15th century, it has, when granted, been usually given to the second son of the British monarch. and the Duke of Kent. Political heads Tony Blair, William Hague, Paddy Ashdown, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble and Margaret Ewing, deputy leader of the Scottish National Party Scottish National Party n → Partei, die für die Unabhängigkeit Schottlands eintritt , were next. Mr Blair's wife Cherie and Nicholas watched from a balcony next to the royal vantage-point. Lynda Anne Cash made history as the first transsexual trans·sex·u·al n. A person who strongly identifies with the opposite gender and who chooses to live as a member of the opposite gender or to become one by surgery. adj. 1. Of or relating to such a person. 2. in the parade. As leading medical assistant Brian Waling wale n. 1. A mark raised on the skin, as by a whip; a weal or welt. 2. a. One of the parallel ribs or ridges in the surface of a fabric such as corduroy. b. , she served in the Falklands on the warship warship, any ship built or armed for naval combat. The forerunners of the modern warship were the men-of-war of the 18th and early 19th cent., such as the ship of the line, frigate, corvette, sloop of war (see sloop), brig, and cutter. Invincible The divorced father-of-one, from Greater Manchester, had a sex change operation on his return and now works as a hospital theatre nurse. Lynda displayed her South Atlantic medal The South Atlantic Medal was awarded for service in the Falklands War 1982, either on the Falklands Islands, one of the surrounding islands, for example South Georgia, or afloat. and Royal Navy long service and good conduct medals. She said: "I have served my country and won medals the same as everyone else. I can wear them with pride. I have nothing whatever to hide." Lynda was one of about 50 members of the recently-formed South Atlantic Medal Association to join the parade. Secretary Denzel Cannick said: "We are more than happy to have her as a member." Former Bevin Boys - conscripted for national service in the coal mines during the Second World War - took part in the parade for the first time. ALL 160 surviving British soldiers who fought on French soil in the 1914-18 war have been awarded France's highest accolade, the Legion d'Honneur. Thirteen of them - seven aged 100 or more - received their medals in person from French ambassador Daniel Bernard in London on Saturday. Ex-pilot Hubert Williams, from Cardiff, will collect his today on his 103rd birthday. He flew over trenches, where life expectancy was HOURS, in a wooden Sopwith 2F1 Camel at 65mph. |
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