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Princess Royal attends Anzac Day dawn service in London

cultureApr 25, 20261770

Princess Anne laid wreaths at a dawn service in Hyde Park, London, to mark Anzac Day. In Australia, small groups booed Welcome to Country speeches at dawn services in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, interrupting the ceremonies. Indigenous leaders condemned the heckling, with one elder calling it "racism is a cancer" and Army Captain Uncle Jack Pearson saying the boos were "not in the Anzac spirit." The contrast between solemn commemorations abroad and protests at some Australian services underscores tensions over inclusion and respect at national memorial events.

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