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William attends final international event commemorating D-Day 80th anniversary

Source: PA Wire

The Prince of Wales joined a number of world leaders and D-Day veterans to mark the final international event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the beach invasion.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak did not attend the ceremony in Normandy on Thursday but Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer mingled with heads of state at the event on Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer.

A Tory source played down the diplomatic impact of the PM’s absence, pointing, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other key leaders at the G7 summit in Italy next week.

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