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i hope so. there will have been so many lives lost. but perhaps one or two saved. i m sure more than that. and you think of how young they all were too. and also brave, so desperately keen to win. her role would have been vital, 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 that morning trying to go through my french dictionary to find some really polite things to say in french, because i used to be
christian said she is very excited and i m sure a lot of people are excited about her receiving that medal. some other people taking part today, military of course, they will be forming a guard of honour. tell us about your role today. it be forming a guard of honour. tell us about your role today.- us about your role today. it has been busy- us about your role today. it has been busy. we us about your role today. it has been busy. we are us about your role today. it has been busy. we are providing i us about your role today. it has | been busy. we are providing the us about your role today. it has been busy. we are providing the army part of been busy. we are providing the army part of the been busy. we are providing the army part of the guard of honour for commemorations and so we are looking forward commemorations and so we are looking forward to commemorations and so we are looking forward to that. for commemorations and so we are looking forward to that- forward to th
boeing crew flight test and style learner aboard the international space station, butch and sonny have made their arrival. and elon musk s spacex rocket has completed its fourth test flight. it made it to space and then splashed down in the indian ocean, although it was partly burnt as it re entered the earth s atmosphere. that s it from us. now let s rejoin sophie in normandy. thank you, clive. there was a very special moment here today when the french president awarded a british veteran france s highest honour the legion d honneur. he called her one of the heroes of the shadows. christian lamb was a wren she worked in whitehall. herjob was to map the coastline, right here, so that allied troops would know where they were when they came ashore. she s almost 104 and didn t think she would make it today,
..vladimir putin was not. this is the us military cemetery in normandy. final resting place for well over 9,400 us soldiers. earlier today, joe biden made it clear why russia s president wasn t welcome. to surrender to bullies, to bow down to dictators is simply unthinkable! applause. were we to do that, it means we d forgetting what happened here on these hallowed beaches. us veterans were presented by president macron with the legion d honneur, france s highest honour. modern day geopolitics loom really large over these d day commemorations, but the world leaders gathered here don t mean any disrespect.
but as she told me this morning, that changed at the last minute. christian lamb, congratulations on your brand new award, the legion d honneur. that must have been quite a moment. you were presented it by president macron. well, it s very nice of you to say so. i m very proud of it in a sense, it s very unusual, an unexpected treat and of course i don t know monsieur macron. i was able to thank him in french i think, i hope it worked out all right. you weren t expecting to be here today, were you? somebody said that i wouldn t come unless they ve found a helicopter. never thought for a moment they would and they did! what was that like? what was it like coming over in a helicopter? thrilling! absolutely thrilling. you are very nearly 104, aren t you? next month. yes, exactly. and your role during world war ii was to map the french coastline, the normandy coast line.