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In Pictures: UK falls silent to remember fallen service personnel

The Queen and Princess of Wales attended two of the events which took place across the country.

In Pictures: UK falls silent to remember fallen service personnel
In Pictures: UK falls silent to remember fallen service personnelThe Queen and Princess of Wales attended two of the events which took place across the country.Standard bearers took part in a Remembrance Day ceremony (Jane Barlow/PA)PA Wire

Emotional services have been held across the UK on the anniversary of the end of the First World War, with a two-minute silence observed at 11am to remember those who have died in military conflicts.

Members of the royal family led the commemorations.

The Princess of Wales joined members of the armed forces and emergency services at the Service of Remembrance to mark Armistice Day at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire (Joe Giddens/PA)PA WireKate dressed in a military-style black coat and wore a wide-brimmed black hat adorned with a bow (Joe Giddens/PA)PA WirePoppies were placed in front of The Armed Forces Memorial (Joe Giddens/PA)PA WireCamilla laid a wreath at London Paddington train station as part of the Great Western Railway Poppies to Paddington event to mark Armistice Day (Ben Birchall/PA)PA WireShe looked at wreaths remembering those who died (Ben Birchall/PA)PA WireThe station was adorned with poppies and wreaths (Ben Birchall/PA)PA Wire

Services took place across the UK, with major events held in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

DUP deputy leader Michelle Mcllveen MLA, DUP leader Gavin Robinson and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Emma Little-Pengelly attended a ceremony at Parliament Buildings in Stormont, Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA)PA WireColonel Allan Lapsley laid a wreath during the Armistice Day service in the Garden of Remembrance at the Scott Monument in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)PA WireColonel Martin Bell, from Veterans Scotland, was among those showing respects (Jane Barlow/PA)PA WirePeople gathered under umbrellas to watch the ceremony (Jane Barlow/PA)PA WireMembers of the public marked the silence near the First World War soldier installation known as Tommy in Dover (Gareth Fuller/PA)PA WireDefence Secretary John Healey attended the Western Front Association’s Armistice Day ceremony at the Cenotaph (Stefan Rousseau/PA)PA Wire