so today she ll be presented with france s highest honour, the legion d honneur. i m just amazed, really. i m not expecting that sort of thing. president macron will give christian her medal here in ver sur mer, so she says she s brushing up on her french. i spent the morning trying to go through my french dictionary to find some really polite things to say in french, because i used to be absolutely bilingual when i was young and i lived in france for a whole year, and now i ve forgotten it all. but as we witnessed at a school here in northern france last month, christian is being far too modest about her linguistic skills. she speaks french. i feel wonderful. thrilled by it all. yesterday she was flown from portsmouth with pat owtram, also a recipient of the medal. i like yours very much. yes. i ve always been ratherjealous of it. ..wishing her bon voyage. have a good trip. thank you very much. very exciting. with the distinctive red ribbon and white cross, the people of fra
in english, we will go back. but i want to come if we may come across live to our europe editor, not far from where president macron is now. we will leave you out of vision as we speak to you, because we will stick to these pictures are president macron, but can i ask about the international response? it s very important to uk viewers, this is about us soldiers, canadian soldiers and many across europe have come to commemorate and remember. absolutely. it is 80 years since those d day landings which were pivotal in pushing back nazi germany. and it is a time for solemn remembrance and the kind words we are hearing, because at the same time president macron is speaking there at the american ceremony, we
venturing from rochester, new york, he died en route to the ceremonial. he suffered a medical emergency on a ship heading to europe and died the next day. he was 102 years old. he was so close to making it to the celebrations. applause he was one veteran who did not make it today. but here we are watching those who did, those who are being presented with the legion of honour. it s presented by president biden and president macron.
have had the british ceremony today as well, the canadian ceremony, and where i am just outside an international ceremony in about an hour s time, all the talk is about freedom and democracy and international togetherness. at the same time, of course, there is a war raging in europe at the scale not seen since 1945, russia s invasion of ukraine. at the international ceremony will see a conspicuous absence, russia was pivotal in defeating germany but vladimir putin has not been invited today. the president of ukraine has. while talking thoughts about wars ended yesteryear, there is one raging right now with consent of further instability across this continent. concerns are. instability across this continent. concerns are. concerns are. and it is interesting concerns are. and it is interesting how concerns are. and it isj interesting how president
sacrifices. their comrades and their own sacrifices- their comrades and their own sacrifices- their comrades and their own sacrifices. ., ., . , , , sacrifices. from france s side, but last 0-day sacrifices. from france s side, but last d-day veteran sacrifices. from france s side, but last d-day veteran sadly - sacrifices. from france s side, but last d-day veteran sadly passed . sacrifices. from france s side, but. last d-day veteran sadly passed away last d day veteran sadly passed away not that long ago. we have veterans from the united states and canada, kingdom who have come here as well. it is very emotional. there are visitors here from around europe and also for the locals of normandy. i have been here all weekend every village dotted along the coastline is alive with flags on every street corner, british, canadianflags, american flags. just real expressions of gratitude and tears when people talk to the elections, saying thank you, thank you for bringing us ourfreedom