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Armistice Day commemorated

Acts of remembrance for Britain's war dead are taking place to mark Armistice Day, including a service at the national Armed Forces Memorial. The Duke of Edinburgh has also attended a service in Belgium.

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Duke honours fallen soldiers at ceremony in Belgium

The Duke of Edinburgh has attended a special ceremony in Belgium to mark Armistice Day.

He laid a poppy wreath in Ypres - the scene of deadly battles during the First World War - to commemorate fallen members of the armed forces.

Bags of soil collected by Belgian pupils from the battlefields of Flanders are being brought to London to be placed in a memorial garden next year.

ITV News' Royal correspondent Tim Ewart reports.

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