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Queen leads remembrance tributes

Source: observer.guardian.co.uk

Nov 08, 2009

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Monarch lays wreath at Cenotaph in London as MoD announces death of UK soldier in Afghanistan

The Queen today led Britain in the country's remembrance of its war dead at the annual wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph in London.

After a two-minute silence in Whitehall at 11am, the monarch led politicians and military and religious figures in laying a wreath at the base of the war memorial.

Prince Harry laid a wreath on behalf of Prince Charles, who is carrying out official duties in Canada, before the prime minister, Gordon Brown, the Conservative leader, David Cameron, and the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, also laid wreaths.

This year, Remembrance Sunday commemorations across the country have seen an emphasis on Afghanistan, where soldiers gathered to pay their respects to fallen comrades.

Today, the Ministry of Defence announced that a British soldier had died in an explosion in southern Afghanistan yesterday.

A total of 231 British troops have died in the country since the war began, with 94 having been killed this year.

The soldier, from 2nd Battalion t

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