Kate leads nation in tribute to the fallen

Princess visits county for Armistice Day service

- Sentinel Reporter

THE Princess of Wales was in Staffordshire as she led the nation in a poignant two-minute silence in remembrance of the fallen on Armistice Day.

Kate joined veterans in honouring the war dead at the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, before laying a wreath in memory of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.

Poignant services were held across the country on the anniversary of the end of the First World War - including at the Cenotaph in Stoke town centre.

It was the first time future queen Kate - dressed in a military-style black coat, wide-brimmed black hat adorned with a bow and wearing two poppies - had attended the service at the Arboretum and laid a wreath in the centre of the memorial.