Pictures: King Charles Leads Britain in Remembering Fallen War Heroes
King Charles III led the United Kingdom in honouring Britain’s fallen soldiers in a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in London.
King Charles III led the United Kingdom in honouring Britain’s fallen soldiers in a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in London.
The UK fell silent on Remembrance Sunday as King Charles III led the nation in honouring servicemen and women who lost their lives.
Disabled veterans have been left without accommodation after a hotel cancelled a Falklands War anniversary event to make room for alleged asylum seekers.
A British veteran said that many veterans are willing to take a stand against the “tyranny” imposed by Boris Johnson’s government.
The BBC removed a musical version of a poem penned by Rudyard Kipling from the celebrations commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Victory over Japan Day, following complaints from a Jamaican-born opera singer, who claimed the poem has “cultural superiority” embedded in the verse.
Amidst widespread criticism over the failures of Boris Johnson’s government to protect historical monuments and war memorials, ministers are considering a proposal that would impose prison sentences of up to ten years for defacing memorials to fallen soldiers.
A former soldier in the British army has been sentenced to seven and a half years in a Turkish prison for terrorism offences after fighting Islamic State with a Western-allianced Kurdish militia in Syria.