Queen Elizabeth Leads Televised Remembrance Tribute to Fallen Soldiers

London: In a televised commemorative show on Saturday evening, UK’s Queen Elizabeth II led tributes to soldiers who died in the conflict since the beginning of the First World War. The commemorative show was held at London’s Royal Albert Hall (RAH), and was organised by the main veterans’ charity association the Royal British Legion (RBL), Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. The annual RBL Festival of Remembrance show in front of the RAH’s 5,000-strong audience and millions of TV viewers featured songs from Welsh stars Tom Jones and Bryn Terfel, who were joined by several choirs, military bands and serving soldiers. The Festival of Remembrance began in 1927 and is always held on the evening before the official day of remembrance for dead soldiers on Remembrance Sunday. Remembrance Sunday is the second Sunday in November, the closest Sunday to November 11 which is the day on which the First World War ended in 1918. (IANS)

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