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Authorities have confirmed that this year’s Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph will not be as long as planned in order to reduce the standing time for the Queen and ageing veterans. In order to reduce the service time, the organizers have planned to make the leaders of the opposition parties and some members of the Royal Family to lay their wreaths together rather than individually. However, Prime Minister David Cameron will still continue to lay his wreath on his own.
According to a Buckingham Palace spokesman, “the format for this years’ Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph on November 8 has been reviewed.” It was added that “consideration was given to whether the service format might allow the march-past of veterans to start earlier.” Moreover, the spokesman pointed out that “a number of veterans wait some time for the parade to move off, and then have a lengthy march to Horse Guards Parade.”
The announcement explained that “this year, in order to allow the parade to get under way earlier, some members of the Royal Family and political figures will lay their wreaths simultaneously. These changes will be put in place by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport following discussion with the Royal Household.” The new format of the shortened service will see Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, the SNP’s Westminster leader Angus Robertson, the DUP’s Nigel Dodds and Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron lay their wreaths together.
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