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Duchess Sophie stuns in blue as she makes uncommon look at poignant occasion

Duchess Sophie was out in London right this moment.

Duchess Sophie was out right this moment (Picture: Getty)

The Duchess of Edinburgh beamed as she made a brand new poignant look right this moment in London. Duchess Sophie honoured fallen cavalry troopers at a parade and memorial service in Hyde Park.

Sophie, who’s Royal Colonel of the Queen’s Personal Yeomanry, seemed gorgeous in a lightweight blue ensemble and a brown hat, whereas she additionally donned the regiment’s working fox cap badge as she attended the parade and repair.

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The duchess laid down wreaths on the Cavalry of the Empire Memorial, which the parade marches previous, 102 years after the monument was unveiled.

Duchess Sophie wore blue (Picture: Getty)

Sophie wore a dramatic hat (Picture: Getty)

The occasion by the Mixed Cavalry Outdated Comrades Affiliation commemorates members of the UK and Commonwealth cavalry regiments who fell within the First World Battle and subsequent conflicts.

Each serving and former troopers of the Common Cavalry and Yeomanry regiments marched within the parade.

Representatives of the Commonwealth international locations Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, Pakistan and South Africa additionally attended.

The Indian Cavalry Affiliation, though disbanded, was represented on the parade by their banner.

The Duchess of Edinburgh was in London right this moment (Picture: Getty)

The duchess then attended an open-air church service on the Bandstand performed by the Chaplain Basic Reverend Michael Parker.

The Cavalry of the Empire Memorial was initially inaugurated at Stanhope Gate in 1924 by Discipline Marshal John French, Earl of Ypres, and was moved to its current location in 1961.

The statue is forged from steel obtained from enemy weapons captured by the Cavalry throughout the First World Battle and depicts St George, the patron saint of cavalry regiments.

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