The doors of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are opened on a wet morning before the Remembrance Sunday Cenotaph Ceremony 2018 at Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London, 11 November 2018, 08:04.

Whitehall on a wet morning before the Remembrance Sunday Cenotaph Ceremony 2018 at Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London, 11 November 2018, 08:08.

The Cenotaph in the morning before the Remembrance Sunday Cenotaph Ceremony 2018 at Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London, 11 November 2018, 08:08.

The workplace for the conductor of the Massed Bands is assembled before the Remembrance Sunday Cenotaph Ceremony 2018 at Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London, 11 November 2018, 08:12.

BBC interview with a poppy seller before the Remembrance Sunday Cenotaph Ceremony 2018 at Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London, 11 November 2018, 08:19.

The spaces for the wreaths around the Cenotaph are cleaned before the Remembrance Sunday Cenotaph Ceremony 2018 at Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London, 11 November 2018, 08:28.

Armed police on Whitehall before the Remembrance Sunday Cenotaph Ceremony 2018 at Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London, 11 November 2018, 08:31.

The Union Jack flying on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office as the weather clears before the Remembrance Sunday Cenotaph Ceremony 2018 at Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London, 11 November 2018, 08:33.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office balconies for the Royal Family are cleaned before the Remembrance Sunday Cenotaph Ceremony 2018 at Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London, 11 November 2018, 08:35.

An Irish Guards major salutes the Cenotaph before the Remembrance Sunday Cenotaph Ceremony 2018 at Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London, 11 November 2018, 08:36.

More police arriving on Whitehall before the Remembrance Sunday Cenotaph Ceremony 2018 at Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London, 11 November 2018, 08:38.

Crowds of spectators are building on on Whitehall before the Remembrance Sunday Cenotaph Ceremony 2018 at Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London, 11 November 2018, 08:38.

Crowds of spectators are building on on Whitehall before the Remembrance Sunday Cenotaph Ceremony 2018 at Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London, 11 November 2018, 08:39.

The statue of Queen Victoria as Britannia, seated between a lion and a unicorn, on top of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office overlooking the proceedings before the Remembrance Sunday Cenotaph Ceremony 2018 at Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London, 11 November 2018, 08:46.

Metropolitan Police Constable Snell keeping an eye on the crowds during the Remembrance Sunday Cenotaph Ceremony 2018 at Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London, 11 November 2018, 08:46.