The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today joined the Middletons and the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the doomed First World War Gallipoli campaign, which saw 58,000 Allied troops lose their lives in their bloodiest battle on foreign soil.
Kate, who celebrated her 34th birthday yesterday, looked calm and collected as she arrived with her family at St. Mary Magdalene Church to pay her respects.
The mother-of-two wrapped up warm for the occasion wearing a simple black polo with a brown tweed blazer and skirt by Michael Kors.
Kate - along with mother Carole, father Michael and siblings James and Pippa - watched the Queen and Prince Philip place their floral wreaths at the Sandringham war memorial cross in Norfolk.
Middletons on the march: Carole, Mike, Pippa and James join Kate at Sandringham as the Queen marks 100th anniversary of the end of the Gallipoli campaign
Kate, who celebrated her 34th birthday yesterday, looked calm and collected as she joined royal family
Queen and Prince Philip placed their floral wreaths at the Sandringham war memorial cross in Norfolk
Erected by the monarch’s grandparents, King George V and Queen Mary, it honours the local men who died
Gallipoli campaign, launched in 1914, was advocated by Churchill, but he was tainted when it ended in ignominy
By Bianca London for MailOnline
10 January 2016
Daily Mail
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today joined the Middletons and the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the doomed First World War Gallipoli campaign, which saw 58,000 Allied troops lose their lives in their bloodiest battle on foreign soil.
Kate, who celebrated her 34th birthday yesterday, looked calm and collected as she arrived with her family at St. Mary Magdalene Church to pay her respects.
The mother-of-two wrapped up warm for the occasion wearing a simple black polo with a brown tweed blazer and skirt by Michael Kors.
Kate - along with mother Carole, father Michael and siblings James and Pippa - watched the Queen and Prince Philip place their floral wreaths at the Sandringham war memorial cross in Norfolk.
Kate - along with mother Carole, father Michael and siblings James and Pippa - arrived at the Sunday service at the church of St Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk where they joined the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the doomed First World War Gallipoli campaign
The Duchess of Cambridge wrapped up warm as she arrived at the Sunday service at the church of St Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk with her husband, Prince William
Erected by the monarch’s grandparents, King George V and Queen Mary, it honours the local men and officers of the 5th Battalion Norfolk regiment and those from the royal estate of Sandringham who died in the Great War.
Among those remembered by the memorial are a number of men who died in the Gallipoli campaign.
It was backed by Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, and began in 1915 with the aim of knocking one of Germany’s main allies, the Ottoman Empire, out of the war.
In 1915, under British orders, troops from Australia and New Zealand embarked on an allied expedition to capture the Gallipoli peninsula.
By colonising the peninsula it was hoped that Anzacs would open up the waters to the allied naval forces. From there, troops aimed to conquer Constantinople, now Istanbul.
But from the time the first boats landed before dawn on April 25, it was clear the campaign would be a catastrophic failure.
Over the course of the eight-month mission, 11,500 troops died for precious little gain.
Some 86,000 Turkish troops are reported to have been killed during the conflict.
The last Allied troops were withdrawn on January 9, 1916.
Kate looked somber as she stood behind the Queen at the poignant service. At one point, Prince William appeared to be overcome with emotions as he put his hand to his face.
Carole, Mike, James and Pippa didn't stand with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during the service and were seen leaving separately. Carole appeared in good spirits as she walked behind her youngest children, who returned home from a holiday in St Barts a few days ago.
Looking well rested after a week long break, Pippa and James Middleton touched down in London after their winter getaway to St Barts.
The siblings of the Duchess of Cambridge marked the New Year by escaping to the balmy climes of St Barts but it was back to reality for the duo as they landed at Gatwick airport on Friday.
Displaying their healthy tans, Pippa, 32, and James, 28, pushed their luggage through the terminal as they arrived back in the chilly conditions.
Their return home comes exactly a week after the two were seen shunning a night of New Year's Eve partying in favour of boarding a flight out of London's Gatwick airport to Antigua.
Whilst on the exclusive island, the siblings enjoyed regular games of tennis and days on the beach.
The siblings, who shunned a New Year celebration to board a plane at Gatwick Airport to Antigua on Thursday, are regular visitors to St Barts and enjoyed a relaxing break at the A-list destination in August.
During their previous break on the island, the duo stayed at the Eden Rock resort owned by the family of Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews and his brother James, an investment banker and one-time flame of Pippa.
Long a favourite of the wealthy and royal, including Princess Beatrice who spent two of her 16 holidays in 2015 on the island, St. Barts has an impressively large army of A-list fans including Beyonce, Naomi Watts and Jon Bon Jovi.
SNAPSHOT: THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN
The Gallipoli campaign has become synonymous with heroism of Australian and New Zealand troops - but more British soldiers were killed than Anzacs.
The first wave of attacks happened at dawn on April 25, 1915 with Allies swarming ashore into the teeth of the Turkish defences.
An estimated 559,000 Allied troops were sent over during its eight months, comprising 420,000 British and Empire troops, 80,000 French, 50,000 Australians and 9,000 New Zealanders.
Approximately 58,000 died. There were 29,500 dead from Britain and Ireland (then part of the same country), 12,000 from France, 11,000 from Australia and New Zealand and 1,500 from India.
It is thought there were more than 250,000 casualties, either wounded or sick from the horrific conditions. Heat, flies, dysentery, poor sanitation and finally intense cold proved deadly.
Despite the huge cost, the campaign had no significant effect on the outcome of the war.
he royal family no doubt helped the Duchess of Cambridge celebrate her 34th birthday over the weekend.The past year has been busy for Kate, who gave birth to her second child, Princess Charlotte, now aged eight months, last spring.
Prince George attended his first nursery class this week and was dropped off by his parents on Wednesday - with pictures released of the two-year-old to mark the occasion.
Highlights from Kate's 2015 public engagements include her inaugural Buckingham Palace state banquet - in honour of China's visiting President Xi Jinping - and her first visit to a prison, HMP Send near Guildford, Surrey.
Later this year the Duke and Duchess will tour India, their first visit to the Commonwealth country. This spring the young King and Queen of Bhutan, dubbed the ‘William and Kate of the Orient’, will host the real Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on an official visit on behalf of the British Government.
The hugely-anticipated visit is likely to take place in April.
Revealed by Kensington Palace, the trip has already prompted much excitement in Bhutan (which means Land of the Thunder Dragon), a tiny and remote kingdom nestling in the Himalayas between India and China.
Although William and Kate are leaving their own children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, behind when they embark on the trip, there will no doubt be much baby banter as the Bhutanese rulers are expecting their first child, a son, in a matter of weeks.
Royal aides say the Duke and Duchess are looking forward to the trip - their first - to such a ‘fascinating’ country.
Almost completely cut off for centuries, Bhutan did not get television until 1999, so fearful were its autocratic rulers of its pernicious influence, and did not welcome foreign visitors in 1974.
But it is also known as one of the most content countries in the world and measures its GDP is not in terms of pounds and pence but ‘Gross National Happiness’.
The present king’s father abdicated in 2008 and in doing so gave up his absolute power in favour of democracy, leaving his son, Jigme, a symbolic head of state.
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The Middletons, including Carole, James, Michael and Pippa, also joined the royal family at the service
James and Pippa, who this week returned from a sun-drenched holiday in St Barts, were followed out of the service by mother Carole
Kate, who celebrated her 34th birthday yesterday, looked calm and collected as she arrived with her husband
The Queen marks 100 years since the end of the Gallipoli campaign by laying a wreath, which read 'In memory of the glorious dead' and signed by 'Elizabeth R', at the Sandringham Memorial Cross
Her Majesty, dressed in her favourite tweed coat and hat, stood beside her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, on the crisp morning
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are joined by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge after morning worship
Kate extends a hand as she greets wellwishers and other guests at the service
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge join The Queen in laying wreaths to marks the anniversary of the final withdrawal
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Kate, who celebrated her 34th birthday yesterday, looked calm and collected as she arrived with her family at St. Mary Magdalene Church to pay her respects.
The mother-of-two wrapped up warm for the occasion wearing a simple black polo with a brown tweed blazer and skirt by Michael Kors.
Kate - along with mother Carole, father Michael and siblings James and Pippa - watched the Queen and Prince Philip place their floral wreaths at the Sandringham war memorial cross in Norfolk.
Middletons on the march: Carole, Mike, Pippa and James join Kate at Sandringham as the Queen marks 100th anniversary of the end of the Gallipoli campaign
Kate, who celebrated her 34th birthday yesterday, looked calm and collected as she joined royal family
Queen and Prince Philip placed their floral wreaths at the Sandringham war memorial cross in Norfolk
Erected by the monarch’s grandparents, King George V and Queen Mary, it honours the local men who died
Gallipoli campaign, launched in 1914, was advocated by Churchill, but he was tainted when it ended in ignominy
By Bianca London for MailOnline
10 January 2016
Daily Mail
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today joined the Middletons and the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the doomed First World War Gallipoli campaign, which saw 58,000 Allied troops lose their lives in their bloodiest battle on foreign soil.
Kate, who celebrated her 34th birthday yesterday, looked calm and collected as she arrived with her family at St. Mary Magdalene Church to pay her respects.
The mother-of-two wrapped up warm for the occasion wearing a simple black polo with a brown tweed blazer and skirt by Michael Kors.
Kate - along with mother Carole, father Michael and siblings James and Pippa - watched the Queen and Prince Philip place their floral wreaths at the Sandringham war memorial cross in Norfolk.
Kate - along with mother Carole, father Michael and siblings James and Pippa - arrived at the Sunday service at the church of St Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk where they joined the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the doomed First World War Gallipoli campaign
The Duchess of Cambridge wrapped up warm as she arrived at the Sunday service at the church of St Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk with her husband, Prince William
Erected by the monarch’s grandparents, King George V and Queen Mary, it honours the local men and officers of the 5th Battalion Norfolk regiment and those from the royal estate of Sandringham who died in the Great War.
Among those remembered by the memorial are a number of men who died in the Gallipoli campaign.
It was backed by Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, and began in 1915 with the aim of knocking one of Germany’s main allies, the Ottoman Empire, out of the war.
In 1915, under British orders, troops from Australia and New Zealand embarked on an allied expedition to capture the Gallipoli peninsula.
By colonising the peninsula it was hoped that Anzacs would open up the waters to the allied naval forces. From there, troops aimed to conquer Constantinople, now Istanbul.
But from the time the first boats landed before dawn on April 25, it was clear the campaign would be a catastrophic failure.
Over the course of the eight-month mission, 11,500 troops died for precious little gain.
Some 86,000 Turkish troops are reported to have been killed during the conflict.
The last Allied troops were withdrawn on January 9, 1916.
Kate looked somber as she stood behind the Queen at the poignant service. At one point, Prince William appeared to be overcome with emotions as he put his hand to his face.
Carole, Mike, James and Pippa didn't stand with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during the service and were seen leaving separately. Carole appeared in good spirits as she walked behind her youngest children, who returned home from a holiday in St Barts a few days ago.
Looking well rested after a week long break, Pippa and James Middleton touched down in London after their winter getaway to St Barts.
The siblings of the Duchess of Cambridge marked the New Year by escaping to the balmy climes of St Barts but it was back to reality for the duo as they landed at Gatwick airport on Friday.
Displaying their healthy tans, Pippa, 32, and James, 28, pushed their luggage through the terminal as they arrived back in the chilly conditions.
Their return home comes exactly a week after the two were seen shunning a night of New Year's Eve partying in favour of boarding a flight out of London's Gatwick airport to Antigua.
Whilst on the exclusive island, the siblings enjoyed regular games of tennis and days on the beach.
The siblings, who shunned a New Year celebration to board a plane at Gatwick Airport to Antigua on Thursday, are regular visitors to St Barts and enjoyed a relaxing break at the A-list destination in August.
During their previous break on the island, the duo stayed at the Eden Rock resort owned by the family of Made In Chelsea star Spencer Matthews and his brother James, an investment banker and one-time flame of Pippa.
Long a favourite of the wealthy and royal, including Princess Beatrice who spent two of her 16 holidays in 2015 on the island, St. Barts has an impressively large army of A-list fans including Beyonce, Naomi Watts and Jon Bon Jovi.
SNAPSHOT: THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN
The Gallipoli campaign has become synonymous with heroism of Australian and New Zealand troops - but more British soldiers were killed than Anzacs.
The first wave of attacks happened at dawn on April 25, 1915 with Allies swarming ashore into the teeth of the Turkish defences.
An estimated 559,000 Allied troops were sent over during its eight months, comprising 420,000 British and Empire troops, 80,000 French, 50,000 Australians and 9,000 New Zealanders.
Approximately 58,000 died. There were 29,500 dead from Britain and Ireland (then part of the same country), 12,000 from France, 11,000 from Australia and New Zealand and 1,500 from India.
It is thought there were more than 250,000 casualties, either wounded or sick from the horrific conditions. Heat, flies, dysentery, poor sanitation and finally intense cold proved deadly.
Despite the huge cost, the campaign had no significant effect on the outcome of the war.
he royal family no doubt helped the Duchess of Cambridge celebrate her 34th birthday over the weekend.The past year has been busy for Kate, who gave birth to her second child, Princess Charlotte, now aged eight months, last spring.
Prince George attended his first nursery class this week and was dropped off by his parents on Wednesday - with pictures released of the two-year-old to mark the occasion.
Highlights from Kate's 2015 public engagements include her inaugural Buckingham Palace state banquet - in honour of China's visiting President Xi Jinping - and her first visit to a prison, HMP Send near Guildford, Surrey.
Later this year the Duke and Duchess will tour India, their first visit to the Commonwealth country. This spring the young King and Queen of Bhutan, dubbed the ‘William and Kate of the Orient’, will host the real Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on an official visit on behalf of the British Government.
The hugely-anticipated visit is likely to take place in April.
Revealed by Kensington Palace, the trip has already prompted much excitement in Bhutan (which means Land of the Thunder Dragon), a tiny and remote kingdom nestling in the Himalayas between India and China.
Although William and Kate are leaving their own children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, behind when they embark on the trip, there will no doubt be much baby banter as the Bhutanese rulers are expecting their first child, a son, in a matter of weeks.
Royal aides say the Duke and Duchess are looking forward to the trip - their first - to such a ‘fascinating’ country.
Almost completely cut off for centuries, Bhutan did not get television until 1999, so fearful were its autocratic rulers of its pernicious influence, and did not welcome foreign visitors in 1974.
But it is also known as one of the most content countries in the world and measures its GDP is not in terms of pounds and pence but ‘Gross National Happiness’.
The present king’s father abdicated in 2008 and in doing so gave up his absolute power in favour of democracy, leaving his son, Jigme, a symbolic head of state.
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The Middletons, including Carole, James, Michael and Pippa, also joined the royal family at the service
James and Pippa, who this week returned from a sun-drenched holiday in St Barts, were followed out of the service by mother Carole
Kate, who celebrated her 34th birthday yesterday, looked calm and collected as she arrived with her husband
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge join The Queen in laying wreaths to marks the anniversary of the final withdrawal
Read more: Duchess of Cambridge and the Middletons join the Queen to mark 100th anniversary of the end of the doomed First World War Gallipoli campaign | Daily Mail Online
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