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WWI veterans mark Armistice Day

Three of the four surviving British veterans of World War I have helped mark the 90th anniversary of the end of the conflict. Henry Allingham, 112, Harry Patch, 110, and Bill Stone, 108, represented the RAF, Army and Royal Navy respectively at a ceremony at London's Cenotaph. They led the country in observing two minutes' silence from 1100 GMT. Among other Armistice Day events across Europe, Prince Charles laid a wreath at a battle site in France.

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