133946 Accession Number: 133946

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LONDON, ENGLAND. 1947-11-09. REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONY AT THE CENOTAPH IN WHITEHALL, THE FOCAL POINT OF THE NATION'S MEMORIES OF ITS WAR DEAD. BEHIND HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE VI AT THE CENOTAPH STANDS PRINCESS ELIZABETH IN AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE (BRITISH) UNIFORM AND LIEUTENANT PHILIP MOUNTBATTEN, ROYAL NAVY, APPEARING TOGETHER AT A PUBLIC FUNCTION FOR THE LAST TIME BEFORE THEIR MARRIAGE ON 1947-11-20. DETACHMENTS FROM EACH OF THE THREE SERVICES LINING THE ENCLOSURE ARE THE MASSED BANDS OF THE BRIGADE OF GUARDS, TRUMPETERS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND BUGLERS OF THE ROYAL MARINES. AT THE CLOSE OF THE TWO MINUTES SILENCE, LAST POST WAS SOUNDED AND THE KING THEN LAID A WREATH OF POPPIES ON THE CENOTAPH, TO BE FOLLOWED BY PRINCESS ELIZABETH AND LORD CLAUD HAMILTON, WHO LAID A WREATH ON BEHALF OF QUEEN MARY WHO, WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, WATCHED THE CEREMONY FROM A BALCONY OF THE HOME OFFICE.

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