Prince Harry marks Remembrance Sunday in Brackley while King Charles leads London service

A split commemoration

Prince Harry spent Remembrance Sunday, 8 November 2026, in Brackley, a market town in Northamptonshire, while the rest of the royal family gathered for the national service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London. Photographs published by The Sun and the Daily Mail show him in his military medals and a red poppy, mingling with residents during the town service. According to the reports, his wife Meghan Markle was not at his side.

Harry served in the British Army for more than ten years, rose to the rank of Captain and completed two tours of Afghanistan. His attendance at the Brackley service was described as unexpected by several outlets, and it marked the seventh year in a row that he missed the London commemorations, according to 7sur7.

The ceremony in London

King Charles III, wearing a field marshal's uniform, led the two-minute silence and was the first to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph. He then stepped back from the monument and saluted. Prince William, dressed as a Lieutenant Colonel of the Household Cavalry, laid his wreath and also saluted. The Duke of Edinburgh and the Princess Royal followed with their own wreaths. Queen Camilla and Catherine, Princess of Wales, watched the ceremony from a balcony of the Foreign Office building opposite the memorial.

The Remembrance Sunday commemoration falls on the Sunday closest to 11 November, the date of the 1918 armistice between Germany and the Allies. Notícias ao Minuto notes that the Cenotaph ceremony is reserved for working members of the royal family, a status Harry and Meghan gave up in 2020. That outlet also says the couple last attended an official Remembrance Sunday ceremony in 2019.

Life back in Britain

Harry and Meghan returned to the United Kingdom in late August with their two children. The reports say they have since settled in the Cotswolds, in the countryside north-west of London, and have kept a low profile. Harry has carried out several public engagements alone for charities he patronises or supports, and the Invictus Games, which he founded for wounded veterans, remain his best-known project for former service personnel.

Buckingham Palace said in a statement in September that the couple would still not be considered working royals. The King is understood to have welcomed their return, although Harry is still believed to be estranged from his brother William. According to BFMTV, the couple are due in Brussels in the week of 16 November to speak about the dangers social media poses to young people.