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Queen Camilla Launches Tower of London Poppy Display for VE Day Anniversary

The installation of 30,000 ceramic poppies commemorates 80 years since the end of WWII and will remain on display until November 11, 2025.

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Britain's Queen Camilla holds a ceramic poppy next to Harrison Machin as she visits an installation of 30,000 ceramic poppies, taken from the artwork 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' (2014), at Tower of London, commemorating the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day in London, Britain, May 6, 2025. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Britain's Queen Camilla meets well-wishers during a visit to the National Gallery, in London, Britain, May 6, 2025. Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTERS

Overview

  • Queen Camilla inaugurated 'The Tower Remembers,' a striking art installation at the Tower of London featuring 30,000 ceramic poppies symbolizing wartime sacrifices.
  • The display reuses poppies from the 2014 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' project and represents a metaphorical 'wound' across the Tower's walls.
  • During the ceremony, the Queen planted the final poppy alongside five-year-old Harrison Machin and met D-Day veterans Henry Rice and Richard Aldred.
  • Poet Laureate Simon Armitage recited a specially commissioned poem, 'In Retrospect,' to honor the occasion.
  • The exhibit, on loan from the Imperial War Museum, is open to the public until Armistice Day, November 11, 2025, continuing the UK’s remembrance traditions.