Remembrance Sunday: King leads UK in two-minute silence at the Cenotaph

King Charles led the United Kingdom in honouring its war dead at the Cenotaph in London on Sunday, as the country fell silent for two minutes at 11am.

Wearing a field marshal's uniform, the King laid the first wreath. Its design was based closely on one made for King George VI. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Princess Royal followed, and the Buglers of the Royal Marines sounded the Last Post.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham laid a wreath, as did Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Nine former prime ministers, from John Major to Keir Starmer, stood nearby. The Princess of Wales watched from a balcony of the Foreign Office.

About 10,000 veterans then marched past the memorial in the Royal British Legion's parade, with more than 300 military and civilian groups taking part. Around a dozen of the last surviving Second World War veterans were among them, the oldest a 105-year-old who looked after Hurricane fighter planes during the Battle of Britain.

Services were also held in Edinburgh and in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.

The day also remembers the many African soldiers who fought for Britain, including Nigerians who served with the Royal West African Frontier Force in Burma during the Second World War.