9/11 anniversary: Ceremonies in UK to remember victims

Prince Charles and Prime Minister David Cameron join relatives of the 67 British victims of the September 11 attacks.

LONDON: Prince Charles and Prime Minister David Cameron joined relatives of the 67 British victims of the September 11 attacks at a service in London on Sunday marking 10 years since the atrocity. Charles, the heir to the throne, said it was only through “avoiding vengefulness that we can rebuild what has been lost”, at a ceremony in the September 11 memorial garden in Grosvenor Square outside the US embassy. Earlier, around 2,000 people gathered at St Paul’s Cathedral to remember those killed in the 2001 attacks on the United States. Outside Grosvenor Square, a small group of Islamist demonstrators chanted slogans, waved placards and burned a paper version of the US flag. In his address, Charles said the “premeditated death and destruction” of the attacks had “shocked the entire world”.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 12^th,  2011.