A weeping mother gatecrashed a parade at a Remembrance Day event today to add a wreath for her dead son - who died in a car crash.
Chantelle Lecluse, tagged onto the end of a queue of politicians, representatives from the armed forces, and emergency crews to put the wreath to the war memorial in the Old Steine in Brighton.
It was dedicated to her son Andre, who served with the French army in Remy but lived in Brighton and died in 2005 in a road accident at the age of 33. The wreath included a picture of him in a soldier's uniform.
She wore a black headscarf and was comforted by a younger man as she left the wreath. Organisers later confirmed she was not part of the official line-up of the parade.
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