The palace says her back injury is not related to the unspecified condition that has seen her withdraw from attending public gatherings.
As crowds including the Prime Minister,Premier and lord mayor made their way back at the shrine,the solemn occasion began,for the first time,with a Welcome to Country.
She was an emotional face in the crowd watching the Remembrance Day service in Martin Place. This is what it is all about. Remembering.
Two soldiers from different conflicts and different generations will be united in reflection when they attend the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph in Martin Place.
Herbert Lovett served in both world wars. But there was no soldier’s land for him:only a shed on a squatter’s farm by Blackfellows Creek.
In a few short years we have gone from our prime minister praising China for its “spectacular advance in human welfare”,to parliamentarians comparing it to Nazi Germany.
After COVID-19 severely restricted last year’s Remembrance Day commemorations,the RSL is hoping it can get back to pre-coronavirus levels of support on Thursday.
Pigeons will be released from the Shrine to mark Remembrance Day for the first time since it was opened in 1934.
Michael Hickie,who lives in Narrabeen,has had an extraordinary life,risking his life during World War II and taking a submarine beneath the icy depths of the North Pole.
Already 20-year-old Donald Begg was showing the quick thinking,resourcefulness,initiative (and a healthy disdain for silly orders) that were hallmarks of his military service.
Nearly 20,000 former soldiers and other veterans are checking in to rehab clinics for psychiatric and substance abuse problems every year.