Prince Ricardo De La Cerda
The Prince of Wales laid a wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday, its Prince of Wales plumes notable amongst the wreaths laid by the Royal Family.
William arrived for the ceremony in the uniform of a Wing Commander of the Royal Air Force, wearing the greatcoat and sword attached and a poppy in remembrance.
His wife, Catherine, watched from the centre balcony of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office alongside the Duchess of Edinburgh.
William served in Armed Forces between 2006 and 2013, working as a search-and-rescue pilot for the final three years of service. After he left the military, William worked as a rescue pilot with the East Anglia Air Ambulance before assuming full-time royal duties from 2017 onward.
Buckingham Palace noted of William’s military appointments and ranks that he is Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army, Commander in the Royal Navy, and Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force.
He holds Colonelcies with the Welsh Guards, the Mercian Regiment, the Army Air Corps, Royal Honorary Air Commodore, RAF Valley, and Commodore-in-Chief of the Submarines.
Catherine watched the Remembrance Sunday service, though she holds several honorary military appointments as well.
The Princess of Wales is Colonel of the Irish Guards, Colonel-in-Chief of 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards, Commodore-in-Chief of the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Coningsby, Royal Honorary Air Commodore of the RAF Air Cadets, and the Lady Sponsor of HMS Glasgow.
For the service, Catherine wore three poppies, presumed to be in honour of her great-grandmother’s three brothers, all of whom were killed in service in the First World War. The poppies were anchored by a brooch gifted to her from the 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards in 2023 upon her appointment.
The Prince and Princess of Wales attended the Festival of Remembrance at Royal Albert Hall on Saturday evening, marking Catherine’s slow return to public duties following chemotherapy treatments.