英国举行阵亡将士纪念日仪式：查尔斯三世在纪念碑献首个花圈、约一万名退伍军人列队通过
伦敦—英国11月8日在伦敦市中心白厅的阵亡将士纪念碑（Cenotaph）举行全国阵亡将士纪念日仪式。上午11时，全国默哀两分钟，国王查尔斯三世献上第一个花圈，威尔士亲王随后献圈，纪念自第一次世界大战以来在历次冲突中阵亡的军人与平民。
首相 Andy Burnham 以首相身份首次出席这一仪式并献花圈。站在纪念碑旁的还有九位前首相—John Major、Tony Blair、Gordon Brown、David Cameron、Theresa May、Boris Johnson、Liz Truss、Rishi Sunak 与 Keir Starmer—人数创下这一仪式的纪录。保守党领袖 Kemi Badenoch、自由民主党领袖 Ed Davey 与英国改革党领袖 Nigel Farage 等政党领袖也分别献了花圈，Farage 是首次以主要政党领袖身份献圈。
仪式结束后，约一万名退伍军人在英国皇家退伍军人协会（Royal British Legion）组织下分队列队通过纪念碑，代表三百多个军方与民间组织。其中包括约十二名曾参加第二次世界大战的老兵，年纪最大的有105岁；参加游行的二战老兵去年还有约二十人。皇家退伍军人协会今年还特别纪念1990至1991年海湾战争结束35周年。
阵亡将士纪念日定在每年11月最接近11月11日的星期日。11月11日是停战日：1918年11月11日上午11时，德国与协约国之间的停战生效，一战西线战事结束。本周三11月11日上午11时，英国还将再举行一次两分钟默哀。
（来源：英国新闻协会）
King Charles Leads Remembrance Sunday Service at the Cenotaph as About 10,000 Veterans March Past
LONDON — Britain held its national Remembrance Sunday service on November 8 at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, central London. At 11 a.m. the nation observed a two-minute silence, and King Charles III laid the first wreath, followed by the Prince of Wales, in honour of service personnel and civilians who have died in conflicts since the First World War.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham attended the service for the first time in office and laid a wreath. Standing near the Cenotaph were nine former prime ministers — John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer — a record number for the ceremony. Party leaders including Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage also laid wreaths, with Farage doing so for the first time as a major party leader.
After the service, about 10,000 veterans took part in the Royal British Legion's march-past, representing more than 300 armed forces and civilian organisations. They included about a dozen veterans of the Second World War, the oldest of them 105; around 20 Second World War veterans had marched the previous year. The Royal British Legion this year also marked the 35th anniversary of the end of the 1990-91 Gulf War.
Remembrance Sunday falls on the Sunday closest to November 11. November 11 is Armistice Day: at 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918, the armistice between Germany and the Allies took effect, ending the fighting on the Western Front in the First World War. A further two-minute silence will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 11.
(Source: PA Media)
来源：英国新闻协会
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图片来源：图：阵亡将士纪念日仪式上，国王查尔斯三世在伦敦阵亡将士纪念碑前，一名军人捧着罂粟花圈（资料照片）。CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: King Charles III at the Cenotaph in London during a Remembrance Sunday service as a poppy wreath is carried past (file photo). CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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