D-Day veterans set sail for France as 80th anniversary events begin

Crowds cheered a ferry carrying D-Day veterans to France for the 80th anniversary commemorations as it set sail from Portsmouth.

The Brittany Ferries ship Mont St Michel was accompanied by Royal Navy patrol vessels Trumpeter, Medusa and Basher as well as HMS Cattistock and the Training Ship Royalist, with tugs spraying water as it travelled out of Portsmouth Harbour.Several small boats and yachts also waited outside the harbour to see the ferry off on its journey to Caen.

"Maisie Brown, 20, also from Portsmouth, said: "I came down with my nan to celebrate D-Day and that it should always be remembered."Being the younger generation, and my dad and my uncles being in the Navy, I feel it's always important to remember and never to forget."As the ferry headed out into the Solent, an RAF A400 aircraft flew past to honour the veterans.

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