Queen to lead Royal tributes in services for Gallipoli fallen

The Queen is to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph today in memory of the thousands of soldiers who died at Gallipoli in World War One.

Joined by Prince Philip and the Duke of Cambridge, she will then attend a service of commemoration at Westminster Abbey whilst other leading members of the Royal Family pay their respects at services around the world.

Events marking the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign will pay tribute to the sacrifices of Australian, New Zealand and British forces, and other nations, who fought and died in the bloody conflict, one of the major engagements of the war which involved more than 400,000 British and around 140,000 Commonwealth and Irish servicemen.

Around 58,000 Allied troops died, including 29,500 from Britain and Ireland, over 12,000 from France, 11,000 from Australia and New Zealand and 1,500 from India.

The Princess Royal will attend the annual Dawn Service at London's Wellington Arch which is expected to attract a congregation of thousands - larger than in previous years.

On the Gallipoli peninsula itself the Prince of Wales and Prince Harry are guests at a number of commemoration events along with world leaders and relatives of those who served in the campaign.

In London the Duke of Edinburgh, Patron of the Gallipoli Association, will join the congregation at St Paul's Cathedral for a service of remembrance before joining the Queen at the Cenotaph.

The Metropolitan Police have reviewed security arrangements for today's major events after five Australian teenagers were arrested last week on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack as part of the Anzac Day celebrations in Melbourne.