Members of the British royal family were in Whitehall this morning for the annual Remembrance Sunday service, a solemn gathering to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their nation. Appropriately, the ladies of the family all wore military badges and crimson poppies for the occasion.

The King was joined by his son, the Prince of Wales, and his brother, the Duke of Edinburgh, as he laid a wreath at the Cenotaph during this morning’s Remembrance Sunday service. Not present this year was the Princess Royal, who usually also lays a wreath of her own. She and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, are currently on an official visit to Australia, where they observed Remembrance Sunday at the ANZAC Memorial in Sydney.

The rest of the family members in attendance watched from balconies above the memorial, just as they have done for more than a century. The Queen and the Princess of Wales were together on a central balcony at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

For the service, Queen Camilla wore a diamond brooch in the shape of the cap badge of The Rifles. She has been Colonel-in-Chief of the infantry regiment since 2020, when she took over the role from the late Duke of Edinburgh. She used the badge to secure a trio of paper poppies.

Camilla also wore a favorite necklace: a four-row pearl choker with a round diamond clasp. Her earrings feature starburst-shaped studs and silvery black pearl drops.

Princess Catherine wore the badge of the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm. She was named their Commodore-in-Chief in 2023. She also pinned a special poppy to her coat. Hugo Daniel of the Sunday Times reported that this weekend the Princess has been wearing “a handmade poppy created out of silk, glass and other natural materials by Izzy Ager, of Lock and Co.”

Kate also added one more bejeweled touch to her ensemble: classic diamond and pearl drop earrings from Collingwood. The jewelry firm gave the earrings to Diana, Princess of Wales during her royal engagement in 1981.

Nearby on another balcony, the Duke of Kent stood with the Duchess of Edinburgh during the ceremony. The King and the Duke of Kent are the only members of the royal family who presently hold the rank of Field Marshal in the Royal Army. The rank comes with a gold-tipped baton to carry on formal occasions, and you can see Edward holding one here during the service.

Like Queen Camilla, Sophie wore a trio of paper poppies on Remembrance Sunday. She secured them with the badge of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. She has been Colonel-in-Chief of the corps since 2022. Sophie also wore modern diamond and pearl drop earrings for the occasion.

The balcony group was completed by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, who both wore paper poppies as they watched the service at the Cenotaph below them.

As she did the night before at the Festival of Remembrance, Birgitte wore the badge of the Adjutant General’s Corps, for whom she has been Colonel-in-Chief in 2023 (after three decades as Deputy Colonel-in-Chief).

Birgitte also used several fantastic pieces from her jewelry box inventively for the service. She wore her diamond and rock crystal circle brooches as “buttons” on her coat and pinned her diamond and enamel heart brooch to her beret. She finished the look with earrings featuring jeweled cluster studs and silvery black pearl drops.

Each of the royal wreaths placed at the Cenotaph today were accompanied by handwritten messages. The messages on the wreaths placed by the King (top center) and sent by the Queen (top right) simply read, “In everlasting remembrance.” To their left, on a wreath featuring Prince of Wales feathers, William and Catherine wrote, “In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice, we will remember them.”