The King, Queen and Prince of Wales joined veterans in Portsmouth, while Princess Anne was in Normandy. The King rubbed his eyes and the Queen wiped away a tear as one, Eric Bateman, talked about the 'dear friend' he had lost on 6 June 1944.
The next day, all were in Normandy, alongside world leaders, for what will likely be the last major anniversary with a sizeable number of veterans still living - our fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathers, and, yes, our mothers and grandmothers who acted as code breakers, cartographers and pilots to help prepare for this most audacious of land attacks against Nazi Germany.
The King and Queen attended the commemorative event at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, where Charles paid tribute to those who 'did not flinch when the moment came', facing the 'supreme test' with courage.
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