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Unprecedented applause for courageous Queen: Monarch honoured as she leads Britain in Remembrance Sunday service despite heightened security after terror arrests

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'Her Majesty will not shirk her duty': Queen to attend Remembrance ceremony at Cenotaph tomorrow despite police arresting four Islamic extremists over 'plot to kill her'

The Queen has vowed to attend the Remembrance Day centenary ceremony at The Cenotaph despite police arresting four Islamist terror suspects plotting to kill her on the day. 

The 88-year-old monarch insisted she will carry on with tradition - laying the first wreath following the two-minute silence at 11am on November 11.

A source told the Sun: 'Whatever the security assessment, Her Majesty would not shirk from her responsibility and duty - and this Remembrance Sunday is no different.'

The Queen's tribute will be followed as normal by salutes from Prime Minister David Cameron, Cabinet members and Opposition leaders.

Yesterday armed officers seized the four men, aged 19 to 27, following months of surveillance.

Last night police were said to be interrogating the suspects - who are thought to have hatched a plot assassinate the Queen with a knife. 

Police had already stepped up security after a terrorist shot a soldier guarding a war memorial at Canada’s parliament.