The Royal Family at Remembrance Day through the years

The Queen lays a wreath on the Cenotaph at Whitehall in 1947. <p>Photo: &copy; Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images
The Queen Mother leaves a cross at the Field of Remembrance in 1965. <p>Photo: &copy; McKeown/Express/Getty Images
<strong>King Olav</strong> of Norway, <a href=/tags/0/princess-diana><strong>Princess Diana</strong></a>, <strong>Alice, Duchess of Gloucester</strong> and the <a href=/tags/0/queen-mother><strong>Queen Mother</strong></a> sing a hymn in November 1981. <p>Photo: &copy; Hulton Archive/Getty Images
<a href=/tags/0/princess-diana><strong>Princess Diana</a></strong> in Paris at the 70th anniversary of the armistice in 1988. <p>Photo: &copy; Jayne Fincher/Getty Images
Charles attending a Remembrance Day ceremony in Hong Kong in 1992 wearing his tropical white naval uniform. <p>Photo: &copy; Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images
Prince Charles at a Remembrance Day wreath laying ceremony at a U.K.-run regional training centre for the Ministry of Defence in Bulgaria in 1998. <p>Photo: &copy; Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images
The Queen in Durban, South Africa following a service at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday, 1999. <p>Photo: &copy; Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images
As she does every year, the Queen wore multiple poppies while visiting Durban in 1999. <p>Photo: &copy; Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images
The Queen Mother at her final Remembrance Day service at Westminster Abbey in 2001. <p>Photo: &copy; Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images
<strong>Paygan Russell</strong>, daughter of <strong>Russell Aston</strong>, a British military police officer killed in Iraq in 2003, looks up at Prince Philip as he tours the Garden of Remembrance outside Westminster Abbey in November 2009. <p>Photo: &copy; Alastair Grant-Pool/Getty Images
Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Prince William watch the Remembrance Sunday parade in London in November 2004. <p>Photo: &copy; Alaistair Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
Duchess Camilla and Prince William sang hymns in 2005. <p>Photo: &copy; Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images
Prince Philip speaks with veterans during the opening of the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Nov. 9, 2006 in London. <p>Photo: &copy; Scott Barbour/Getty Images
The Duke of Cambridge lays a wreath at the Cenotaph in London in 2007. <p>Photo: &copy; Antony Jones/UK Press via Getty Images
Prince Harry and fellow servicemen paying their respects during a Remembrance Service in Windsor in 2007. <p>Photo: &copy; Antony Jones/UK Press via Getty Images
The Duke of Kent, Prince Edward, Prince William and Prince Philip during a ceremony at The Cenotaph in London in 2007. <p>Photo: &copy; Antony Jones/UK Press via Getty Images
Prince Charles as Colonel in Chief of the Welsh Guards presents a long service medal to <strong>Lance Sergeant Lane</strong> (left) following Remembrance Sunday service at Wellington Barracks (the home of the Welsh guards in London) on Nov. 9, 2008. <p>Photo: &copy; David Parker/AFP via Getty Images
Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla with Canada's then Governor General <strong>Michaëlle Jean</strong> (left) and then-Prime Minister <strong>Stephen Harper</strong> at Remembrance Day Service at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Nov. 11, 2009. <p>Photo: &copy; Chris Jackson/Getty Images
(L-R) Then Australian Governor General Lady <strong>Quentin Bryce</strong>, German Bundesrat President <strong>Peter Mueller</strong>, French President <strong>Nicolas Sarkozy</strong>, French Prime Minister <strong>Francois Fillon</strong>, Prince Charles and Luxembourg <strong>Grand Duc Henri</strong> stand at the Memorial of Douaumont near Verdun in eastern France during a ceremony commemorating the end of World War I on Nov. 11, 2008. <p>In the 1916 Battle of Verdun, 300,000 people were killed over 11 months. <p>Photo: &copy; REMY DE LA MAUVINIERE/AFP via Getty Images
Prince Harry places a wreath at The Cenotaph in 2009. <p>Photo: &copy; Samir Hussein/WireImage
Prince Philip places a Cross of Remembrance at the Field of Remembrance during the opening ceremony in 2010. <p>Photo: &copy; Ben Stanstall/AFP/Getty Images
Prince William speaks to members of the British Parachute Regiment at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan before a Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 14, 2010. <p>Photo: &copy; John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Prince William places a wreath on the memorial to the British soldiers killed in Afghanistan during the Remembrance Day ceremony at Camp Bastion in 2010. <p>Photo: &copy; John Stillwell - WPA Pool/Getty Images
The Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess Kate and the Countess of Wessex attend the Remembrance Day ceremony in London in 2011. <p>Photo: &copy; Indigo/Getty Images
The women paid their respects during the ceremony at the Cenotaph. <p>Photo: &copy; Indigo/Getty Images
Duchess Camilla and Prince Charles meet <strong>Madahukar Dongre</strong>, the last holder of the Burma Star in India who is alive, as they leave a Remembrance Day service at the Afghan Church in November 2013 in Mumbai, India. <p>Photo: &copy; Chris Jackson/Getty Images
Prince Charles meets troops during a visit to the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun in 2013 as part of his and Camilla's royal tour of India. <p>Photo: &copy; Arthur Edwards - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Prince Harry shares a moment with veterans at the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey in 2013. <p>Photo: &copy; DAVID CRUMP/AFP via Getty Images
Prince William chats with military personnel, staff and volunteers from the Royal British Legions London Poppy Day Appeal at Kensington Palace on Nov. 7, 2013. <p>Photo: &copy; CARL COURT/AFP via Getty Images
The Duke of Cambridge met with one person from the Royal British Legion's London Poppy Day Appeal who brought their guitar to the palace. <p>Photo: &copy; Carl Court - Pool/Getty Images
Prince Harry speaks with photographer <strong>Bryan Adams</strong> and servicemen at the private view of "Wounded: The Legacy of War" at Somerset House on Remembrance Day 2014. <p>The photography exhibition captured young, wounded servicepeople from Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. <p>Photo: &copy; Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images
Prince Harry joins British troops and service personnel along with International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) personnel and civilians for Remembrance Sunday service at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan on November 9, 2014. <p>Photo: &copy; Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Harry lays a poppy wreath during the Remembrance Sunday service. <p>The U.K. combat mission in Afghanistan drew to an end in 2014 and the year also marked the 100th anniversary of the start of World War One. <p>Photo: &copy; Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Duchess Kate, <a href=/tags/0/queen-maxima><strong>Queen Máxima</strong></a> of the Netherlands and Sophie, Countess of Wessex attend the annual Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in 2015. <p>Photo: &copy; Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
The Queen and grandson Prince William have a moment at the Royal Box at the Royal Albert Hall during the Annual Festival of Remembrance on Nov. 7, 2015. <p>Photo: &copy; Chris Jackson - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Prince Philip, Her Majesty and Duchess Camilla stand on the balcony at the annual Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London in 2017. <p>This year marks the first time that the Queen watched the service from a balcony rather than lay her own wreath. Prince Charles laid the monarch's wreath on her behalf. <p>Photo: &copy; Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
Prince Charles lays a wreath at the Cenotaph on November 12, 2017. <p>Photo: &copy; Jack Taylor/Getty Images
On Nov. 11, 2018, Duchess Meghan pays her respects during the Remembrance Day service. <p>It was a special moment because it was the centenary year of the end of World War I. The armistice ending the First World War between the Allies and Germany was signed at Compiègne, France on eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month: 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918. <p>Photo: &copy; Chris Jackson/Getty Images
The Fab Four, Prince William, Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan and Duchess Kate, reunite to attend a service at Westminster Abbey to mark the centenary of the Armistice on Nov. 11, 2018. <p>Photo: &copy; Paul Grover- WPA Pool/Getty Images
Duchess Camilla and Duchess Kate join the Queen on a balcony at Whitehall to take in Remembrance Sunday services on Nov. 10, 2019. <p>Photo: &copy; Samir Hussein/WireImage
The Countess of Wessex, Duchess Meghan and a href=/tags/0/timothy-laurence><strong>Timothy Laurence</strong></a>, <a href=/tags/0/princess-anne><strong>Princess Anne</strong></a>'s husband, take in the 2019 Remembrance Day service from another balcony. <p>Photo: &copy; Chris Jackson/Getty Images
On Nov. 4, 2020, the Queen was seen wearing a face mask in public for the first time due to the <a href=/tags/0/coronavirus><strong>coronavirus</strong></a> pandemic. <p>Her Majesty made a rare public appearance to inspect a bouquet of flowers that was placed on her behalf at the grave of the Unknown Warrior during a ceremony in Westminster Abbey to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior. <p>The bouquet was placed there by her Equerry, Lieutenant Colonel <strong>Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah</strong>. <p>Photo: &copy; Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Images
The Queen takes in the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph in London amid the coronavirus pandemic on Nov. 8, 2020. <p>The monarch wears multiple poppies and a special brooch. <p>Photo: &copy; Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Images
The Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess Kate sing the British national anthem during a socially distanced National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph on Nov. 8, 2020 in light of <a href=/tags/0/covid-19><strong>COVID-19</strong></a>. <p>Photo: &copy; Peter Nicholls - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Navy officer Timothy Laurence and Countess Sophie take part in the 2020 Remembrance Day service. <p>Photo: &copy; Chris Jackson - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Prince Charles lays a wreath at the Cenotaph during a National Service of Remembrance. <p>Photo: &copy; Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Images
Prince William also puts down a wreath at the event. <p>Photo: &copy; Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Images
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex lay a wreath at Los Angeles National Cemetery on Remembrance Sunday 2020. <p>Photo: &copy; Lee Morgan/Handout via Getty Images
On Nov. 11 2020, <a href=/tags/0/prince-edward><strong>Prince Edward</strong></a> and Countess Sophie attend a service on the Armed Forces Memorial during Armistice Day commemorations at the National Memorial Arboretum in Stafford. <p>The service was also streamed because of COVID-19. <p>Photo: &copy; Darren Staples/Getty Images
The Prince of Wales and Duchess Camilla participate in a service to commemorate the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 2020. <p>The duchess wore a poppy print face mask to the sombre occasion. <p>Photo: &copy; JEREMY SELWYN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
<strong>By Zach Harper and Heather Cichowski</strong> <p>The <a href=/tags/0/british-royals><strong>Royal Family</strong></a> has a long history of marking <a href=/tags/0/remembrance-day><strong>Remembrance Day</strong></a> and paying tribute to those who have lost their lives in World Wars I and II as well as other conflicts since, like the Korean War, Afghanistan War and Iraq War. <p><a href=/tags/0/queen-elizabeth-ii><strong>The Queen</strong></a> is typically joined at the annual Remembrance Sunday event at the Cenotaph in London by many other royals. Over the years, she has paid her respects alongside <a href=/tags/0/prince-philip><strong>Prince Philip</strong></a>, <a href=/tags/0/prince-charles><strong>Prince Charles</strong></a>, <a href=/tags/0/camilla-parker-bowles><strong>Duchess Camilla</strong></a>, <a href=/tags/0/prince-william><strong>Prince William</strong></a>, <a href=/tags/0/kate-middleton><strong>Duchess Kate</strong></a>, <a href=/tags/0/prince-harry><strong>Prince Harry</strong></a>, <a href=/tags/0/meghan-markle><strong>Duchess Meghan</strong></a>, the <a href=/tags/0/countess-of-wessex><strong>Countess of Wessex</strong></a> and more. <p>The annual event marks the signing of the Armistice that ended the First World War. <p>This year, things were different. There were no crowds at the Remembrance Sunday service and social distancing was strictly followed due to <strong><a href=/tags/0/covid-19>COVID-19</a></strong>. <p><strong>Scroll through the gallery (or click through if you're on desktop) to see how the Royal Family has paid their respects on Remembrance Day over the years.</strong> <p>Photos: &copy; Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images and Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Images
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