this is albert keogh we are looking at, 98. he is a royal navy veteran. do i hear applause? applause look at his face as who takes it all in. he hails from scotland and the smile on his face, because the thing is, he survived, james. he understands what the loss is because he had a life. ~ . , , , life. what must they be feeling, thou~h? life. what must they be feeling, though? the life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact that life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact that they, - life. what must they be feeling, though? the fact that they, for| life. what must they be feeling, - though? the fact that they, for some reason, they have cheated, they cheated death in 1944 and had cheated death in 1944 and had cheated it ever since and here they still are. cheated it ever since and here they stillare. how cheated it ever since and here they still are. how wonderful cheated it ever since and here they stillar
we met, you and i yesterday met a young man and you can tell the story of how old he was. he was 18, serving it today. you think to yourself, when we see those young faces, that is exactly what it was like on the 6th ofjune. yes, i mean, 18 is impossibly young. i don t know about you, but when i was that age, what a feckless young man i was. it beggars belief really that people could be expected to do what they did and yet they did and it is notjust about what they did and yet they did and it is not just about sacrificing their lives, is it? it is sacrificing a key part of their lives. even for those who have survived, you have cut short on the beaches of normandy and in land and across a swathe of northwest europe. so can we say that their serving members of the armed forces, this is an event that they will cherish as well? ., ., ., , ., well? oh, i would have thought so. i would think well? oh, i would have thought so. i would think anyone well? oh, i would have thought so. i woul