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Prince William pays his respects at the memorial to victims of the 7 July 2005 bombings in Hyde Park Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Survivors, the bereaved, royalty, politicians and religious leaders came together to mark the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 bombings.

On tube station platforms, under cloudy skies in Hyde Park and beneath the decorated dome of St Paul’s Cathedral, they paid their respects to the 52 innocent victims of the devastating terrorist attack a decade ago.

A minute of silence was observed nationwide, prayers and hymns were heard at St Paul’s and later in the day, a less formal memorial took place at Hyde Park, where a rock choir sang and Prince William laid a wreath.

Tube trains and buses stopped as the silence was observed, while tennis was delayed at Wimbledon.



The events come just four days after a similar period of quiet was held a week on from the Tunisian beach massacre, in which 30 Britons were murdered.



Ten years ago suicide bombers carried out the single worst terrorist atrocity on British soil when they attacked London’s transport system.

Earlier, services were held at the exact time when London came under attack ten years ago.



Prime Minister David Cameron and London mayor Boris Johnson laid wreaths at the permanent memorial to the 52 people killed at 8.50am.

In a note attached to his wreath, Mr Cameron wrote: “To the victims of terrorism in London 10 years ago today. We grieve your loss and will honour your memory for ever.”



As 7 July 2005 dawned, Prime minister Tony Blair and the Queen were among those leading celebrations after London’s Olympic bid emerged victorious.

But Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30, Shehzad Tanweer, 22, Hasib Hussain, 18, and Jermaine Lindsay, 19, had already set in motion devastating plans that bring the jubilant atmosphere to an end.

The four men met at Luton station that morning where they took a train to King’s Cross in London. They embraced and separated to carry out their deadly missions.

Within three minutes of 8.50am, Tanweer detonated his bomb at Aldgate, Khan set his device off at Edgware Road and Lindsay blew himself up between King’s Cross and Russell Square.

Hussain detonated his device on board the number 30 bus at Tavistock Square at 9.47am.

Twenty-six died in the bombing at Russell Square on the Piccadilly line, six in the bombing at Edgware Road on the Circle Line, seven in the bombing at Aldgate on the Circle Line and 13 in the bombing on the number 30 bus at Tavistock Square. Hundreds more were injured.

That’s all for the live coverage of the 7/7 memorial events. Thanks for joining us.