Pictures showed Charles appear to wipe a tear from his eye
King Charles III and Queen Camilla during the UK’s national commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day
The King’s appearance at the event in Portsmouth was his first public speech and his most high-profile appearance since his cancer diagnosis. At the Portsmouth commemorations, William read an extract from the diary of Captain Alastair Bannerman of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, a soldier who was part of D-Day, addressed to his wife on the morning of the landings.He told the flag-waving crowd he was “deeply honoured” to be part of proceedings on Southsea Common and said “we will always remember those who served”.
Dame Helen Mirren formally introduced the event at around 11am, where she praised the bravery of the veterans in attendance. Some veterans will attend two days of remembrance events in Portsmouth to mark the historic milestone. Elsewhere on Wednesday, a D-Day veteran leading an act of remembrance saluted fallen soldiers as the Last Post was played at an emotional ceremony in Normandy.
About the ceremony, the 99-year-old said: “I realised how many of my wonderful shipmates… died. I don’t know how I’m still spared.”
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