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    King and Queen hear moving recollections from D-Day veterans at Palace

    by Laura Elston Jun 04, 2024 3 minutes

    The King and Queen have hosted four D-Day veterans at Buckingham Palace, hearing moving personal stories and seeing their poignant keepsakes, to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings.

    Football boots carried on the straps of a military backpack, dog tags still bearing blood, and photos of a much cherished wife were among the mementoes shared with Charles and Camilla.

    Charles, in turn, read aloud from his grandfather’s handwritten diary, recounting George VI’s D-Day entry about the breaking news of the “successful landings” in June 1944.

    The special One’s D-Day 80: Tribute to The Fallen on June 5.

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