King Charles holds minute’s silence for crash victims

King Charles holds minute’s silence for crash victims
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LONDON: King Charles III and senior members of the royal family held a minute’s silence at Trooping the Colour on Saturday in tribute to those who...

LONDON: King Charles III and senior members of the royal family held a minute’s silence at Trooping the Colour on Saturday in tribute to those who died in the Air India plane crash this week. His Majesty — wearing a black armband — was accompanied by Queen Camilla and the Princess of Wales during the moment of reflection.

The King requested amendments to the Trooping the Colour programme “as a mark of respect for the lives lost, the families in mourning and all the communities affected by this awful tragedy,” a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said.

All passengers but one on the flight to the UK died – 241 out of 242 – when it crashed in a huge fireball moments after take-off in India’s western city of Ahmedabad.

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