King Charles and Queen Camilla joined by Kate and William at Festival of Remembrance

King Charles and Queen Camilla joined by Kate and William at Festival of Remembrance The King and Queen have been joined by the Prince and Princess of Wales and other royals at the annual Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall this evening The King and Queen led a charge of royals at the moving Festival of Remembrance this evening, with Prince William and Kate, the Princess of Wales dazzling alongside them. A whole host of royals, including the Princess Royal and Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, took their places in the royal box at the Royal Albert Hall to watch the annual Royal British Legion event. Last year, future King Prince George attended the event for the first time alongside his mum, Kate. The 13-year-old, who started at Eton College in September, has been slowly moving into a more senior role over recent months. But he was absent from the festivities this year, with his mother and father attending alone with their fellow senior family members. While most of the guests donned black for the evening, including the Queen and Princess of Wales, the King and his eldest son dressed in lock-step. The pair both wore navy blue suits, the King's with pinstripes and the Prince's without. Both, and everyone else in attendance, had Remembrance poppies pinned to their lapels. Tonight’s festival reflected on those who served in operations in Bosnia, the Gulf War and the Iraq War. Personal stories brought to light the memories of those who served through their letters, known as ‘Blueys’ – the distinctive light-blue airmail letters sent home to loved ones. The theme of this year’s festival was Places of Remembrance, and the event explored how places people associate with those who have been lost can hold profound personal meaning. The festival comes just hours before the King, who is patron of the Royal British Legion and has just returned from his Caribbean tour, will lead the nation in a two-minute silence at the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in London tomorrow morning. There, Charles and Prince William will lay wreaths in memory of the nation’s war dead alongside Princess Anne and Prince Edward. The King’s wreath of poppies will be mounted on an arrangement of black leaves, as is traditional for the sovereign, and will bear his racing colours of scarlet, purple and gold. A wreath laid on behalf of Camilla, by her equerry, will bear her racing colours, inherited from her father. Meanwhile William’s wreath will feature the Prince of Wales feather and a ribbon in Welsh red. Camilla, Kate, the Duchess of Edinburgh, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent will also attend, watching proceedings from the balcony of the Foreign Office. Earlier this week, the Duchess of Gloucester, on behalf of the Queen, opened the 98th Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey. There, the Duchess planted a cross before the Last Post was sounded and then met service personnel and their families.