Queen helps honor war dead
TIMES WIRE REPORTS
Queen Elizabeth II led an annual ceremony for Britain’s war dead, including troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
As London’s Big Ben chimed 11 a.m., the queen joined thousands of troops, veterans and civilians in the traditional two-minute silence, which was broken by an artillery blast and the sound of the Royal Marine buglers playing the “Last Post.”
The queen, wearing her traditional black hat and coat, laid a wreath of bright red poppies at the Cenotaph memorial.
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