article_snippet: In the run-up to this service some had questioned the presence of the leaders who took Britain into this conflict.
article_snippet: Presumably, the little chap was there to honour a gallant father or uncle.
article_snippet: Graham Knight, whose son Sergeant Ben Knight, 25, was killed in an explosion in 2006, was one who declined the invitation.
article_snippet: Mr Knight, from John O’ Groats, said: ‘It is more of a public relations exercise, with the good and the great at the front and all the relatives at the back.
article_snippet: ’s Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, the Queen was introduced to another cross-section of those whose lives were turned upside down by this conflict.
article_snippet: Detachments from all the Services marched the short distance to a Guildhall reception while an RAF flypast – including that great Afghan warhorse, the Chinook – flew overhead.