news. now news. new on bbc news a special programme from the cenotaph. the procession for unknown reasons and not come out onto whitehall, they may have changed arrangements because here led —— led by theresa may and jeremy corbyn. leader of the snp on the left, the former prime minister behind, john major and tony blair. here is the

major and tony blair. here is the major general‘s procession. led by the chief of the defence staff. the first sea lord, chief of the general staff, the chief of the air staff. and the long line of high commissioners, 45 high commissioners, 45 high commissioners, what you might call the ambassadors from commonwealth countries. and they are joined by the new irish ambassador. as they line up we are waiting for the 15 different religious denominations who comes

here to take part in this service. the roman catholic church, hebrew congregations, free churches, buddhist faith, methodists, islamic adviser and the imam of the armed forces, moderator of the reformed church, hindu chaplain to the armed forces. baptist union, network of secret organisations, three christian churches —— sikh organisations. and the church of scotla nd organisations. and the church of scotland all represented here. behind you saw the major general ‘s parades. church of scotland represented here. behind you just saw the major—generals parade, the household division, coming on parade to take

their place. and for the first time, their place. and for the first time, the two speakers in the centre there, john bercow, speaker of the house of commons, and lord fowler on the right, the speaker of the house of lords, will be laying wreaths. so we are now waiting for the members of the royal family after the guard has been brought to attention to come on parade. the prince of wales leads out seven members of the royal family. the prince of wales leads out seven members of the royalfamily. he the prince of wales leads out seven members of the royal family. he will be laying of wreath, that is normally laid by her majesty the queen on behalf of the nation. the

duke of cambridge, prince henry of wales, the duke of york, the earl of wessex. the princess royal and duke of kent are there and their equerry is. and on the balcony, edinburgh and the queen, watching. as we approach the 11 o'clock and the two minute silence. big ben chimes the hour

music: last post the prince of wales first lays the wreath on behalf of the queen. and he will later lay one on his own behalf. the queen, watching from the balcony with the duke of edinburgh beside her. and now, on behalf of the duke of edinburgh, the equerry lays his wreath. and now the prince of wales lays his

own wreath. the prince of wales, his colonel in chief who commanded in the royal navy and was a helicopter pilot, as many members of the royal family have seen their career in the services. he is followed by the duke of cambridge. the duke of cambridge comes with prince henry of wales, his brother, and the duke of york. all three of them have served. the duke of cambridge, seven and a half

yea rs of duke of cambridge, seven and a half years of military service, prince henry, two tours of afghanistan, the duke of york in the royal navy and sea king helicopters in the falklands. watched from the balcony by princess alexandra and the duchess of cambridge in the middle and the countess of wessex. the princess royal, duke of kent, the earl of wessex, lay their wreaths. the princess royal is admiral and chief commandant for women in the royal navy. stand at ease. the politicians' turn

110w stand at ease. the politicians' turn now led by the prime minister theresa may. the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn. music: the supreme sacrifice — harris. ian blackford on behalf of the scottish national party, their leader in the house of commons, and on behalf also of plaid cymru, the welsh national party. he is followed by vince cable, the

new leader of the liberal democrats. nigel dodds, the leader of the democratic unionist party in the house of commons for northern ireland. and now in an addition to this

ceremony and now in an addition to this ceremony at the speaker of the house of commons john bercow. and the speaker of the house of lords lord fowler. after him, the foreign secretary

borisjohnson who lays after him, the foreign secretary boris johnson who lays flowers after him, the foreign secretary borisjohnson who lays flowers on behalf of the overseas territories, places like the nude, cayman islands and falklands and gibraltar and st —— places like bermuda, cayman islands and falklands and gibraltar and st helena. now the first of the high commissioner is, they normally come at the end, but they are the oldest members of the commonwealth, canada, australia, new zealand, south africa and india, all of whom had thousands and india, all of whom had thousands and thousands of people serving both in the first and second world war. indeed, india's acting commissioner is here and was said to have nearly 2.5 million people by august 1945 underarms. they are followed by the high

commissioners, or deputy high commissioners, or deputy high commissioners, of pakistan, sri lanka, ghana, malaysia, nigeria, cyprus, sierra leone, tanzania, jamaica, trinidad & tobago and uganda. following them, kenya, malawi, malta, george cross, zambia,

singapore, guyana, botswana and lesotho. and now barbados, mauritius, swaziland, tonga, fiji, bangladesh, the bahamas, grenada, papua new guinea and the seychelles. and the final group of high

commissioners from the commonwealth of dominique, st lucia, st vincent & the grenadines —— dominica, belize and antigua & barbuda, st christopher & nevis, brunei christopher bide-visfimnfi namibia, christopher &nevis,firgne+ namibia, cameroon, darussalam, namibia, cameroon, mozambique and rwanda. the last two recent members of the commonwealth who were not actually involved in the fighting in the first and second world wars but they are here because they are members of the commonwealth

and have an entitlement to lay their wreaths. they are followed by the ambassador of ireland to great britain adrian o'neill. the irish regiments who serve way back, the irish guards established under queen victoria fought in both world wars. the service chiefs come next, the chief of the defence staff, sir stuart peach, doesn't himself lay a wreath, but for the royal navy sir philipjones, for the army general sir nicholas carter and for the royal air force, sir stephen hillier. they are followed by the civilian

chiefs for the merchant navy and fishing fleets captain martin reed from the air transport auxiliary association, adrian lead for the civilian services sara thornton who chairs the national police chief's council. and the wreaths laid around the cenotaph, the service led by doctor chartres begins. almighty god, grant we beseech thee that we who here do honour to the memory of those who have died in the service of their country and of the crown, may be so inspired by the spirit of their love

and fortitude, that forgetting all selfish and unworthy motives we may live only to thy glory and to the service of mankind through live only to thy glory and to the service of mankind throuthesus christ our lord. amen. # o god our help in ages past # our hope for years to come # our shelter from the stormy blast # and our eternal home # beneath the shadow of thy throne # thy saints have dwelt secure

# sufficient is thine arm alone # and our defence is sure # before the hills in order stood # or earth received herframe # from everlasting thou art god # to endless years the same # a thousand ages in thy sight # are like an evening gone # short as the watch that ends the night # before the rising sun # o god our help in ages past

# our hope in years to come # be though our guard while troubles last # and our eternal home #. teach us, good lord, to serve thee as thou deservest. to give and not to count the cost. to fight and not to heed the wounds. to toil and not to seek for rest. to labour and not ask for any reward, save that of knowing that we will do thy will, throuthesus christ our lord. amen.

our father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. for thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory for ever and ever. amen. unto god's gracious mercy and protection we commit you. the lord bless you and keep you. the lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you. the lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you and give you his peace this day and always. amen.

parade... attention. music: rouse. # god save our gracious queen long live our noble queen

# god save the queen # send her victorious # happy and glorious # long to reign over us # god save the queen. # the queen bowels and leaves the

balcony and the members of the royal family leave whitehall led by prince charles, who laid that wreath on behalf of the queen. now the clergy will leave next. they

line up, led by doctor charters, the dean of the chapel royal —— dr chartres, and the children of the chapel royal. the choir used to follow the sovereign around the country in tudor times singing, and 110w country in tudor times singing, and now sings here in london every week in the chapel royal or the queens chapel, that was built by james the first. six gentlemen in ordinary and ten children of the royal chapel. and then the politicians, those serving today, and behind them the second group former prime ministers,

john major is here, tony blair, gordon brown, david cameron. the new secretary of state for defence, govan williamson —— gavin williamson there, who will go out onto horse guard to take the salute of those who pass the cenotaph. and then other members of the house of commons and the house of lords and the mayor of london, sadiq khan, at the mayor of london, sadiq khan, at the end. and so we are waiting now, and there's quite a long pause, before we come to the start of the march—past. but we will be talking to people here, why they've come here and what they we leave that special coverage of remembrance commemorations from the

cenotaph in london with david dimbleby and sophie raworth. but it does continue on bbc one if you want to continue watching that. now here in bbc news, time for the weather. as you will have noticed from the pictures at the cenotaph, it is a chilly story if you are out and about. we have air that has come from the arctic across the british isles today. we also have a strong and gusty northerly wind to chase the cold air home. some pleasant skies to be seen how the sum thicker shower cloud across herefordshire, though. the satellite also does a nicejob of showing though. the satellite also does a nice job of showing you lots of sunshine in general, but also some shower clouds out the. heavier showers to come across wales. quite a few showers in the north