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Business Standard
14-06-2025
- General
- Business Standard
King Charles leads minute's silence for Ahmedabad plane crash victims
Britain's King Charles III on Saturday led a minute's silence in memory of the Ahmedabad-London Air India plane crash victims after making last-minute amendments to his annual Trooping the Colour birthday parade, with black armbands commemorating the victims. Buckingham Palace said the 76-year-old monarch wanted the alterations "as a mark of respect for the lives lost, the families in mourning and all the communities affected by this awful tragedy". It saw all members of the royal family in uniform sporting black armbands as a mark of respect to the 241 passengers and crew who lost their lives in Thursday's London-bound plane crash in Ahmedabad. Following the Air India incident this week, His Majesty has requested that members of the Royal Family in uniform at Trooping the Colour should wear black armbands, as will mounted Officers in the Procession and all liveried Mews staff, Buckingham Palace said in a statement. The parade will also incorporate a minute's silence, to be observed after Their Majesties [King Charles and Queen Camilla] have exited the carriage and joined The Princess of Wales [Kate Middleton] on the dais, following the inspection of the parade," the statement said. " The silence will be signalled by the sounding of a Last Post and Reveille. This will be as a mark of respect for all the lives lost, the families in mourning and the communities affected by the tragedy, it added. In an earlier statement, King Charles had said he and Queen Camilla were desperately shocked by the terrible events in Ahmedabad. "Our special prayers and deepest possible sympathy are with the families and friends of all those affected by this appallingly tragic incident across so many nations, as they await news of their loved ones, a Buckingham Palace statement noted in the wake of the tragedy. "I would like to pay a particular tribute to the heroic efforts of the emergency services and all those providing help and support at this most heartbreaking and traumatic time," the statement added. The amended Trooping the Colour followed the United Kingdom's flags being flown at half-mast on Friday on all royal residences and government buildings as a mark of respect. The annual royal birthday parade includes an inspection of troops and parade, culminating traditionally in a Red Arrows Royal Air Force (RAF) flypast over Buckingham Palace watched over from the balcony by senior royals. King Charles III's birthday is on November 14, but traditionally the British monarch's public celebrations are held in mid-June during warmer weather. The ceremony dates back to the 18th century and sees regimental colours being displayed in front of the monarch, with the colours of the Coldstream Guards to be presented at this year's parade. The honour of Trooping their Colour rotates through the five Regiments of Foot Guards, and this year it was the Number 7 Company Coldstream Guards that took centre-stage. The King's son and heir, Prince William the Prince of Wales, was in uniform as Colonel of the Welsh Guards.
Time of India
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
King Charles III makes amends to his Trooping the Colour birthday parade in memory of Ahmedabad plane crash victims
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel United Kingdom's King Charles III on Saturday made last-minute changes to his annual Trooping the Colour birthday parade with a minute's silence and black armbands in memory of the Ahmedabad-London Air India plane crash Buckingham Palace said that the 76-year-old monarch wanted the alterations "as a mark of respect for the lives lost, the families in mourning and all the communities affected by this awful tragedy".The members of the royal family had uniform sporting black armbands as a mark of respect to the 241 passengers and crew who lost their lives in Thursday's crash in Ahmedabad.'Following the Air India incident this week, His Majesty has requested that members of the Royal Family in uniform at Trooping the Colour should wear black armbands, as will mounted Officers in the Procession and all liveried Mews staff,' Buckingham Palace said in a statement.'The parade will also incorporate a minute's silence, to be observed after Their Majesties [King Charles and Queen Camilla] have exited the carriage and joined The Princess of Wales [Kate Middleton] on the dais, following the inspection of the parade," the statement said." The silence will be signalled by the sounding of a Last Post and Reveille. This will be as a mark of respect for all the lives lost, the families in mourning and the communities affected by the tragedy,' it Charles, in an earlier statement, had said he and Queen Camilla were 'desperately shocked by the terrible events in Ahmedabad'."Our special prayers and deepest possible sympathy are with the families and friends of all those affected by this appallingly tragic incident across so many nations, as they await news of their loved ones,' a Buckingham Palace statement noted in the wake of the tragedy."I would like to pay a particular tribute to the heroic efforts of the emergency services and all those providing help and support at this most heartbreaking and traumatic time," the statement Trooping the Colour followed the United Kingdom's flags being flown at half-mast on Friday on all royal residences and government buildings as a mark of annual royal birthday parade includes an inspection of troops and parade, ending traditionally in a Red Arrows Royal Air Force (RAF) flypast over Buckingham Palace watched over from the balcony by senior Charles III's birthday is on November 14, but traditionally the British monarch's public celebrations are held in mid-June during warmer ceremony has a history since the 18th century and sees regimental colours being displayed in front of the monarch, with the colours of the Coldstream Guards to be presented at this year's honour of Trooping their Colour rotates through the five Regiments of Foot Guards, and this year it was the Number 7 Company Coldstream Guards that took centre-stage. The King's son and heir, Prince William , the Prince of Wales, was in uniform as Colonel of the Welsh Guards.(With PTI inputs)
CBC
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
katherena vermette has a new poetry collection out in fall 2025 — read an excerpt now
katherena vermette is back with her third poetry collection, Procession. In this book, she explores what it means to be at once a descendent and a future ancestor. Procession is a grouping of frank and heartfelt poems that examines ancestral dreams, 1980s nostalgia, prairie life and how it changes as a child, parent and future elder. "For me, poetry is intensely personal," said vermette in an email ot CBC Books. "It moves slow, and lives in and among all the other things." "These poems are inspired by many things, or maybe everything that's happened since the last book, which was published in 2018 — lifetimes ago! Since then, I've said hello to new humans and goodbye to others. This is very much about the in-between." If you're interested in poetry, the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize is currently accepting submissions. You can submit an original, unpublished poem or collection of poems from April 1-June 1. vermette is a Michif (Red River Métis) writer from Winnipeg. Her books include the novels real ones, The Break, The Strangers and The Circle, poetry collections North End Love Songs and river woman and the four-book graphic novel series A Girl Called Echo. grimoire before you were this you were the dream of a hundred martyrs you were a wish the sort that lingers under young girl whispers into young girl ears a spark in a loving eye prayer floating in wind you were as light as the seeds sprinkled about this wide red earth now you are a ridge brief plateau on the mountain of revolution one the ancestors looked up to and said one day your birth has taken centuries a labour that nearly killed them all you are now and you have so much magick in you stories that have waited lifetimes to be told Excerpted from Procession by Katherena Vermette ©2025 Katherena Vermette. Published by House of Anansi Press.
