War veterans join politicians and the royal family at a socially distanced event in Whitehall

Britain marked a series of scaled back Remembrance Sunday events, with only a handful of veterans marching past the Cenotaph in central London because of the restrictions imposed by the pandemic.

The Queen observed from a balcony at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, while politicians and members of the royal family laid wreaths in Whitehall at a special socially distanced event at which crowds were banned.

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