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Rishi Sunak forced into humiliating apology after leaving D-Day ceremony early in ‘dereliction of duty' as PM

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Rishi Sunak admitted on Friday to making a “mistake” as he was forced into a humiliating apology for leaving the D-Day commemoration in France early to record a TV interview.

Opposition parties accused the Prime Minister of a “dereliction of duty” after he dashed back to resume campaigning for next month’s election, while Sir Keir Starmer stayed on at the event in Normandy to mix with world leaders including Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky.

Sir Keir on Friday said Mr Sunak “will have to answer for his own actions” in leaving Normandy after a UK commemoration, before a broader international

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