King Charles III came to northern France on Thursday to honor the 22,442 British troops who died in the Battle of Normandy.
King Charles III lays a wreath during the UK national commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, held at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Thursday June 6, 2024.
He said that while the number of living veterans was dwindling, “our obligation to remember what they stood for and what they achieved for us all can never diminish.”“Eighty years ago on D-Day, the 6th of June 1944, our nation – and those which stood alongside it – faced what my grandfather, King George VI, described as the supreme test,” Charles said.
The king is slowly returning to public-facing duties after being sidelined for three months following his cancer diagnosis. While doctors are encouraged by his progress, Charles is still receiving treatment and his schedule will be adjusted as needed to protect his recovery, Buckingham Palace said last month.
Charles, who spent five years in the Royal Navy, also has a deep personal connection to the World War II generation. His father, Prince Philip, served in the navy throughout the war, and his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, trained as a military driver and mechanic during the final months of the conflict. Queen Camilla’s father served in the army and was twice awarded the military cross, Britain’s third-highest military honor.
The D-Day landings had been a dream of Britain’s wartime prime minister, Winston Churchill, ever since the U.S. entered the war following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
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