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Armistice Day: Two-minute silence held across country

The nation fell silent for two minutes at 11am in remembrance of our war dead.

The Armistice Day commemorations were led by Prince Harry, who laid a wreath at the National Memorial Arboretum on the 98th anniversary of the end of the First World War.

In France, President Francois Hollande led commemorations by laying a wreath at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

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Prince Harry reads The Soldier on Armistice Day

Prince Harry read the poem, The Soldier, by Rupert Brooke, as he led the nation in remembrance on Armistice Day.

The Royal - who has served in Afghanistan - also laid a wreath at the National Memorial Arboretum on the 98th anniversary of the end of the First World War.

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