Buckingham Palace has outlined how the British royal family will commemorate the centenary of World War I.
Several senior members of the household will attend special services to mark 100 years since the battle on 4 August, with Queen Elizabeth visiting Crathie Kirk for a service of commemoration, while her husband Prince Philip pays his respects at a memorial at Sandringham church.
Meanwhile, heir to the throne Prince Charles – who is known as the Duke of Rothesay in Scotland – will attend a national service of commemoration for the Commonwealth in Glasgow, followed by a wreath laying in George Square and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall will be at the Vigil of Prayer service in Westminster Abbey.
Prince William and his wife Duchess Catherine will attend a service of remembrance hosted by the Government of Belgium at Liege.
They will then meet with William’s brother Prince Harry at the St. Symphorien Military Cemetery, a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Mons, Belgium, for a UK commemorative event.
Before flying to Belgium, Harry will visit Folkestone for the ‘Step Short’ commemorative event.
Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, will attend a service at Guildford Cathedral, and Princess Anne will visit the WWI memorial chapel in Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight for another service.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester will attend a service at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, and the Duke of Kent will open an exhibition of First World War photography at an event supported by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Imperial War Museum.
British royal war commemorations announced
