Remembrance Sunday is marked by ceremonies at local war memorials in most towns and villages, attended by civic dignitaries, ex-servicemen and women (principally the Royal British Legion), youth organisations (e.g. Scouts and Guides), and military cadet forces. Wreaths of poppies are laid on the memorials and a two-minutes silence is held at 11am.
The national ceremony is held at the Cenotaph on Whitehall, London. The Ceremony is televised each year by the BBC from Whitehall, London, when wreaths are laid by the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, Duke of York, the Princess Royal and the Duke of Kent; the Prime Minister, leaders of major political parties, the Foreign Secretary, the Commonwealth High Commissioners and representatives from the Army, Navy and the Royal Air Force, the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets and the Civilian Services. A two minutes silence is held at 11am. This silence is marked by the firing of a field gun on Horse Guards Parade to begin and end the silence, followed by Royal Marines buglers, playing the Last Post.
Other members of the British Royal Family watch from the balcony of the Foreign Office.
After the Ceremony, a parade of veterans, organised by the Royal British Legion marches past the Cenotaph, each section of which lays a wreath as it passes.
From 1919 until 1945, Remembrance ceremonies was held on Armistice Day; observance was then moved to Remembrance Sunday but since the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 1995 it has become usual to hold ceremonies on both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday.