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Live coverage of Remembrance Sunday commemorations
The UK fell silent in tribute to service personnel who have died during conflicts, as part of the annual Remembrance Sunday service.
A two-minute silence was observed, before the Queen laid the first wreath at the Cenotaph in central London.
The monarch joined more than 10,000 veterans and civilians, who are now marching past the monument.
Services also took place across the UK, the Commonwealth and at military bases abroad.
Bowed headsMillions of people across the UK fell silent in tribute to those lost in war, joining the crowds gathered in central London who stood quietly as Big Ben struck 11:00 GMT.
The beginning and end of the silence was marked with the firing of a round by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, using a 13-pounder World War One gun.
The monarch then laid her wreath at the foot of the monument, the focal point of the UK's Remembrance Sunday events since World War One, bowing her head after paying her respects.
On a sunny but crisp autumn day, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry then laid wreaths.
Prime Minister David Cameron was next to pay his respects, followed by Labour leader Ed Miliband and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
Former prime ministers Sir John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, along with London Mayor Boris Johnson, also took part in the ceremony.
The assembled marchers - who for the first time included representatives of a World War Two unit known as "Churchill's Secret Army" - then set off down Whitehall.
In events elsewhere:
- In Scotland, First Minister Alex Salmond and Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael are laying wreaths at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh
- In Wales, a national event is taking place at Cardiff's Welsh National War Memorial
- Ireland's Taoiseach Enda Kenny laid a laurel wreath for the war dead at the memorial in Enniskillen, while in Belfast, Stormont First Minister Peter Robinson, Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers and Ireland's deputy leader, Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore, attended a ceremony
- At Camp Bastion, in Helmand Province, a service was held to remember the 446 servicemen killed in the 11 years of conflict in Afghanistan. Wreaths were laid by the Duke of York and Defence Secretary Philip Hammond
- The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall marked the event during their official tour of India, joining the congregation of a Mumbai church for their annual remembrance service and meeting some of India's last surviving World War Two veterans
Marching past the Cenotaph for the first time, are 41 members of the British Resistance Movement - known as Churchill's Secret Army or the Coleshill Auxiliaries - volunteer fighters charged with going underground to continue the fight in the event of a German invasion of Britain in World War Two.
George Batt, national secretary of the Normandy Veterans Association who fought on D-Day, said Remembrance Sunday was a time for reflection.
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Sgt Anthony Dyer, 9th/12th Royal Lancers: "It lets [troops] mourn for those people that they've lost"
"We'll be remembering all our mates that we left behind out there who paid the supreme sacrifice. And today, really, brings home the sadness of it all. And I must say, the stupidity of war," he said.
Kerry Ashworth, whose son James was killed in Afghanistan last year and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery, said it was a special day for everyone.
"The job that they do is so hard and so tough and when somebody loses their life, it's just one little thing that you can do just to remember them for a few minutes," she said.
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