The British Prime Minister David Cameron and the German President Joachim Gauck attended a national remembrance event in Scotland today – 100 years after the Battle of Jutland, the biggest naval engagement of the First World War.
Britain’s Princess Anne and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, representing the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, were also at the event.
A service at St Magnus Cathedral in Orkney was held, followed by a service at Lyness Cemetery on the island of Hoy – where some of the sailors killed at Jutland are buried.
A commemorative event has also taken place on board HMS Duncan at Jutland Bank, the site of the battle.
Sailors outside St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands.
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