Prince William says remembrance is everyone’s responsibility

OHMYGOSSIP — Britain’s Prince William says remembering the war dead is not the “responsibility of one generation” at the gala dinner to mark the 10th anniversary of the charity SkillForce.

The 32-year-old royal attended a gala dinner at the Imperial War Museum in London last night (12.11.14) to mark the 10th anniversary of the charity SkillForce.

Speaking about Remembrance Sunday – which marked the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War – Prince William said: “[Remembrance] must never become the preserve of responsibility of one generation.”

His Royal Highness also spoke about the art installation at the Tower of London, entitled ‘Blood-Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ which he visited in August, alongside his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and his brother Prince Harry.

Commemorating the 888,246 soldiers who died in WW1, hundreds of thousands of ceramic poppies surround the iconic London landmark.

According to the Daily Express newspaper, Prince William said: “I was privileged to be able to visit the poppy installation at the Tower of London in its early days.

“Even then, before it was as famous as it is now, the people observing the poppies came from every generation. The young there were just as moved as the old. Their grief and thanksgiving for the sacrifice of previous generations was just as real.”