The next 12 months are going to be awash with firsts in the royal world and many will bring a pall of sadness. Last month we saw the first Remembrance Day without Queen Elizabeth II and the first with her son, Charles, as King.
This annual royal duty was one of the most important and treasured in his late mother’s calendar when the sovereign honoured the royal defence forces who served in her name. Queen Elizabeth II represented a powerful living link with World War II,
