Royals and world leaders have gathered for ceremonies marking 100 years Since Britain joined world war one.
The Prince of Wales and David Cameron were at a Glasgow service, while the duke and duchess of Cambridge are in Belgium with many heads of state.
The day concludes with a "lights out" event around the UK and a candle-lit vigil at Westminster abbey.
The event marks the time Britain declared war on Germany in 1914.
About 17 million soldiers and civilians were killed between 1914 and 1918.
The day's events began in liege, Belgium, where 50 heads of state have gathered for a service to mark the invasion of Belgium.
French president François Hollande said the country had been the first battleground of world war one and had offered "solid resistance" in liege.
Speaking to the gathered European leaders, prince William said: "we were enemies more than once in the last century and today we are friends and allies
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