Remembrance Sunday: Big Ben will be struck 11 times at 11am to mark start of two-minute silence
Big Ben will be struck 11 times at 11am to mark start of two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday
- The Elizabeth Tower has had extensive repairs for the past five years since 2017
- It was covered in scaffolding during the restoration which has been removed
- The two-minute silence will mark the official return of the Elizabeth Tower’s bells
Big Ben will be struck 11 times at 11am to mark the start of the two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday.
Over the past five years the Elizabeth Tower, and the clockwork and bell mechanism within it, have undergone the biggest repair and conservation project in its 160-year history.
The tower, at the northern end of the Houses of Parliament, which is also known as Big Ben after the bell inside, had been covered in scaffolding during the restoration work but that has now been removed.
Officials say the two-minute silence will mark the official return of the Elizabeth Tower’s bells after they were silenced at the beginning of the conservation programme in 2017.
Big Ben will join bells across the country and worldwide to commemorate those who lost their lives in the two world wars and later conflicts.
Big Ben will be struck 11 times at 11am to mark the start of the two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday (file image)
King Charles will attend the London service for the first time as monarch, and lay a wreath with a ribbon of his own racing colours, as well as a tribute to his mother’s colours
A two-minute silence will take place across the UK at 11am and wreaths will be laid by members of the royal family, senior politicians and faith representatives at the Cenotaph in London.
King Charles will lead a moving service in the first Remembrance Sunday since the death of the Queen.
He will lay a new poppy wreath incorporating a ribbon of his racing colours, with the design a tribute to the ones used by both his late mother and his grandfather George VI.