The Princess of Wales has led the nation as it fell silent at 11am to remember the war dead at an emotional event today. Kate is at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire to mark Armistice Day , where has laid wreath and met the families of serving military personnel, their families, as well as veterans.

Kate, wearing a black hat and a long black coat with two poppies on the lapel, walked to the Armed Forces Memorial for the service, the first she has attended at the Arboretum. The crowd stood as she arrived to take her seat for the service, which featured a reading of a specially commissioned poem by the Arboretum’s poet in residence, Arji Manuelpillai, which the Palace said “reflects the importance of personal connections, experiences and bonds that are formed through mi

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