Harry was photographed wearing a black tuxedo and a red poppy pinned to his lapel – a long-standing symbol of remembrance for fallen servicemen and women – while Markle opted for a sleek black gown ...

Helen Coffey’s piece questioning whether poppy wearing has become performative – and if the white poppy offers a better alternative – has struck a chord with Independent readers. Responding to the ...

A Labour-run council has axed a Remembrance Day poppy display amid its crackdown on flag-flying. Locals in Hoyland, South Yorkshire, will no longer be able to commemorate their 'fallen heroes' by ...

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row …. ” So begins “In Flanders Fields,” written in 1915 by John McCrae, a Canadian poet and military physician. “The poem’s powerful ...