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Armistice Day has been marked with 2 minutes soundlessness crossed the UK and successful Europe.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer joined an lawsuit successful Paris, portion Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh led the ceremonial astatine the National Memorial Arboretum successful Staffordshire.
Sir Keir and the French president laid a wreath astatine the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe successful the French capital.
Across the UK, the accepted two-minute soundlessness astatine 11:00 connected 11 November was observed. It marks the clip and day erstwhile the World War One armistice came into effect.
While the Armistice Day contented began arsenic a mode of commemorating those killed successful World War One, it is present utilized to retrieve each the radical killed successful wars since then.
As good arsenic the lawsuit successful Staffordshire, events taking spot crossed the UK included Bristol, Cambridge, Nottingham, Liverpool, and Dover.
An lawsuit was besides held astatine Westminster, attended by Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle.
In Wales, Carmarthenshire assembly said it would illuminate County Hall connected Armistice Day evening to "reflect and retrieve the sacrifices of our equipped forces, and each those whose lives person been mislaid successful struggle and acts of terror".
Over the weekend, Remembrance Sunday events were held crossed the UK.
King Charles led the federation successful 2 minutes of soundlessness in remembrance of men and women who mislaid their lives serving successful the 2 satellite wars oregon different conflicts.
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