LONDON — King Charles III led the nation Sunday in a two-minute silence in remembrance of fallen service personnel in central London as the Princess of Wales looked on, a further sign the royal family is slowly returning to normal at the end of a year in which two of the most popular royals were sidelined by cancer.

On Nov. 10, the Princess of Wales, 42, appeared on a balcony above The Cenotaph war memorial in London on Remembrance Sunday for the National Service of Remembrance. Princess Kate has never missed the service honoring the wartime sacrifices of British and Commonwealth Armed Forces personnel since she married Prince William in 2011.

Kate, 42, appeared on one of the three balconies next to Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, at the ceremony. She watched as her husband Prince William, 42, and father-in-law King Charles III, 75, laid wreaths as a tribute to armed forces members who have died in duty.