King Charles dedicated the UK's first national memorial to LGBTQ+ troops on Monday, 25 years after the country ended a ban on homosexuality in the armed forces.

The king, who is the ceremonial head of the armed forces, laid flowers at the monument in the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire at a service attended by scores of serving troops and veterans.

The sculpture takes the form of a crumpled bronze letter bearing words from personnel who were affected by the ban.

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