Poppies are thrown in to one of the fountains at Trafalgar Square, London, Thursday Nov. 11, 2010, following the two minutes silence for Armistice Day. Millions of Britons fell silent to remember those who have died in war, as the clock struck 11am. The nation paused to mark the anniversary of Armistice Day, when peace returned to Europe at the end of the First World War, at the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day” of 1918. (AP Photo/Rebecca Naden-pa)
Kittens sit in a bucket before meeting the Duchess of Cornwall, during a visit to the Battersea Dog and Cat’s Home in London, Wednesday Oct. 27, 2010. It was the Duchess’s first visit to the home, where she toured the facilities and opened the new cattery which offers refuge to lost and abandoned cats and kittens. The Home is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson, pool)
People are silhouetted against the setting sun as they cross the river Thames on Westminster Bridge backdropped with Big Ben’s clock tower, left, as the skies clear following torrential rain in London, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
A member of Royal Air Force Association stands guard as other shelter from the rain underneath a World War II Supermarine Spitfire plane on display outside St. Paul’s Cathedral in London where pilots, firefighters, nurses and ambulance workers who battled through the bombing raids of the Blitz gathered for a remembrance service to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the German bombing raids, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Workers check and repair the external glazing on one of the four faces of the Great Clock of the Palace of Westminster in London as they abseil down the landmark tower that houses Big Ben, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
The Royal Air Force display team, the Red Arrows, fly over central London, Tuesday July 6, 2010, during a parade of military cadets. The parade was part of a day of national celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of Britain’s Cadet Forces. (AP Photo/Steve Parsons-pa)
A half moon is seen as a plane takes off from Heathrow airport in London, late Wednesday, June 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Odd Andersen)
Actor Sir Patrick Stewart poses with the insignia of his knighthood, after receiving the award from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II during an investiture at Buckingham Palace in London, Wednesday June 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Dominic Lipinski, pool)
Actor Sir Patrick Stewart is knighted by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II during an investiture at Buckingham Palace in London, Wednesday June 2, 2010. The Queen is reported to be a fan of the star, who has enjoyed a 50-year career in movies, TV and the theatre including 16 years with the Royal Shakespeare Company. (AP Photo/Anthony Devlin-pa)
Zoo keepers use fish to get Rockhopper penguins to walk though a scanner in order to scan them, at the London Zoo, Tuesday, June 1, 2010. The photo opportunity was organized to mark the annual process of scanning the birds at the London Zoo, which has over 16,000 animals, of which almost all are microchipped to aid in their animal husbandry. The Rockhopper penguin usually lives in sub-Antarctic islands. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
A Rockhopper penguin walks though a scanner as zoo keepers, not seen, attract them with fish in order to scan them, at the London Zoo, Tuesday, June 1, 2010. The photo opportunity was organized to mark the annual process of scanning the birds at the London Zoo, which has over 16,000 animals, of which almost all are microchipped to aid in their animal husbandry, apart from their small birds and fish. The Rockhopper penguin usually lives in sub-Antarctic islands. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Lucifer, a male Asiatic lion, holds a football painted in the England colours in his mouth at London’s Zoo in Regents Park, London, Thursday, May, 27, 2010. The zoo gave the media a opportunity to film the lions playing with a ball filled with meat and painted in the colours of England, who are due to compete in the the World Cup in South Africa. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
