{"id":48725,"date":"2025-04-25T06:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T06:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/48725\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T06:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T06:59:10","slug":"duchess-of-edinburgh-wakes-up-before-dawn-for-major-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/48725\/","title":{"rendered":"Duchess of Edinburgh wakes up before dawn for major engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Duchess of Edinburgh represented King Charles at Anzac Day commemorations in London today, attending a dawn service at the Australian War Memorial at Hyde Park Corner.<\/p>\n

Dressed in all black, Sophie looked sombre as she participated in the early morning ceremony marking the sacrifices of Australian and New Zealand forces.<\/p>\n

The royal engagement comes as part of annual Anzac Day events held across the capital to honour the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.<\/p>\n

The dawn service at Hyde Park Corner marked the beginning of a day of commemorative events for the Duchess, who stepped in for the King at this poignant occasion.<\/p>\n

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Duchess of Edinburgh wakes up before dawn for major engagement<\/p>\n

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During the dawn service, the Duchess laid a wreath to honour the fallen servicemen and women.<\/p>\n

Her schedule for the day includes further commemorative duties across London.<\/p>\n

The Duchess will attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph later today.<\/p>\n

She will then participate in a service of commemoration and thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey.<\/p>\n

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The Duchess of Edinburgh is commemorating Anzac Day<\/p>\n

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These appearances form part of the traditional Anzac Day observances held annually in the capital.<\/p>\n

The Duchess’s representation of the King at these significant events highlights the royal family’s continued commitment to honouring the Anzac legacy.<\/p>\n

The Duchess was joined at the dawn service by Stephen Smith, Australia’s High Commissioner, and Chris Seed, acting High Commissioner for New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Fellow countrymen and women from Australia and New Zealand also gathered at Hyde Park Corner for the solemn occasion.<\/p>\n

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The Duchess of Edinburgh laying a wreath for the poignant event<\/p>\n

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The Duchess of Edinburgh will be attending other events throughout the day<\/p>\n

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Anzac Day commemorations have a long history in London, dating back to 1916.<\/p>\n

The first anniversary of the Anzac landings at Gallipoli, Turkey, was marked with a service at Westminster Abbey attended by King George V.<\/p>\n

Since then, the capital has maintained this tradition of remembrance for the Australian and New Zealand forces who served during the First World War and subsequent conflicts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Duchess of Edinburgh represented King Charles at Anzac Day commemorations in London today, attending a dawn service…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,5106,1102,4884,5105,712,512,16,15,978],"class_list":{"0":"post-48725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-duchess-of-edinburgh","10":"tag-edinburgh","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-royal","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-sgg","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114397312755856996","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}