King Charles has been present at the UK’s first ever memorial dedicated to the LGBTQ Armed Forces community unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
The bronze sculpture, titled An Opened Letter, commemorates sailors, soldiers, and aviators affected by a historic gay ban, which made it illegal to be homosexual in the British Armed Forces from 1967 to 2000.
He laid flowers at the sculpture, shaped like a personal letter, which represents correspondence used to incriminate service personnel, which in some cases resulted in prosecution or imprisonment.
Homosexuality was decriminalized in England in 1967, but this policy led to thousands of dismissals, forced exits, and discrimination in the British army.
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