‘It is our privilege to hear their testimony. It is our duty to ensure that we do not forget’
The King
‘We will always remember those who served’
The Prince of Wales
Under blue skies in the UK and in Normandy, the King and Queen, together with other members of the royal family, foreign royals and world leaders, led commemorations to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
In a series of deeply moving ceremonies, tributes were paid to both the many lives lost and those forever changed by the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944.
At the heart of it all were the last surviving veterans of the audacious and risk-laden campaign,