The Remembrance Day ceremony is held on the second Sunday in November at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London.

Each year, the ceremony is attended by The Queen and other members of the Royal Family in addition to other Remembrance events held in the same week, notably the opening of the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey and the Royal Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.

Details of 2011's events are as follows:

Thursday 10 November
The Duke of Edinburgh visits the Field of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 10th November. The Duke lays a Cross of Remembrance in front of two wooden crosses from the Graves of Unknown British Soldiers from the First and Second World Wars. The last post sounds followed by a two minutes’ silence after which His Royal Highness visits the plots meeting veterans from past and more recent conflicts.

Saturday 12 November
The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh and other Members of the Royal Family, attends the annual Royal Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.

Sunday 13 November
The Queen and other Members of the Royal Family lay wreaths at The Cenotaph. The following attend:

The Queen
The Duke of Edinburgh
The Prince of Wales
The Duke of Cambridge
The Duke of York
The Earl of Wessex
The Princess Royal
The Duke of Kent

View footage of the 2010 ceremony:

Through the annual event on Whitehall, the nation pays homage to those who died in two world wars and in many other lesser conflicts from the twentieth century to the present.

The Queen, other members of the Royal Family and leaders of the country's political parties join representatives of the Armed Forces and ex-servicemen and women for the two-minute silence and the last post.

Her Majesty then lays a wreath of poppies at the foot of the Cenotaph, followed by members of the Royal Family, representatives of the political parties and High Commissioners from the Commonwealth.

A short religious service follows. After the reveille and the national anthem, The Queen departs. The war veterans then march past the Cenotaph to pay their respects to the fallen. A member of the Royal Family takes the salute as the war veterans finish their route at Horse Guards.

View footage of The Duke of Edinburgh opening the Field of Remembrance in Westminster Abbey in November 2011: