King and Kate return to annual Commonwealth service

King Charles III and Catherine, Princess of Wales person attended the yearly Commonwealth Day service, a twelvemonth aft some were forced to cancel due to the fact that they were receiving crab treatment.

The lawsuit astatine Westminster Abbey connected Monday celebrated the Commonwealth's "powerful power for bully successful the world".

Queen Camilla, the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal besides attended, on with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

The King's quality astatine the work was his archetypal successful 2 years, portion Catherine was absent past twelvemonth arsenic she was undergoing chemotherapy, which she has since completed.

Ahead of commemorations marking the 80th day of the extremity of World War Two, the King paid tribute to the "sacrifice and selflessness" of Commonwealth forces.

He besides said restoring the "disrupted harmony of our full planet" is the astir "important" task facing humanity.

In an code included successful a booklet fixed to the congregation, the King wrote: "More than 1 and-a-half cardinal men and women who served during the warfare came from crossed the Commonwealth to enactment the United Kingdom and its allies.

"On this peculiar anniversary, we retrieve with peculiar pridefulness and everlasting gratitude the untold sacrifice and selflessness of truthful galore from astir our household of nations who gave their lives successful that dreadful conflict."

The taxable of this year's Commonwealth Day is Together We Thrive, which celebrates the "enduring tone of the Commonwealth family".

During his bidding, the Dean of Westminster said: "As antithetic peoples we rejoice successful this accidental to reflect, successful communal respect, connected our shared dignity and committedness to the work of others.

"We observe the emotion and affection that binds america successful unity and gives america resilience and strength."

Among the performers astatine the work were Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa, a Hindu Scottish tube band, and musicians, acrobats and singers from the Masai Cultural Arts team.

Violinist Braimah Kanneh-Mason and his sister Jeneba connected soft besides played during the service.

Protesters from the anti-monarchy radical Republic held up placards speechmaking "not my King" and "down with the Crown" arsenic they gathered extracurricular the abbey up of the service.