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
he speaks french studio: as you can hear, president macron is speaking in french to the crowd. i can imagine he is commemorating those american soldiers to whom this ceremony is targeted. if he does start speaking
99 year old veteran from the united states and he said he remembers how cold it was, how seasick he was when he landed in normandy and just how nervous he was about the enormity of the task before him. but he said he was happy that he could help and be here today. and i will pass back to you now because i believe emmanuel macron might be about to speak in english. macron might be about to speak in enalish. . ~ macron might be about to speak in enalish. ., ~ i. he speaks in french studio: he is talking about these men of a different generation and what they have done for the freedom of the world. for you who are here,
and fatherland. napoleon originally created this award to ensure political loyalty and was not about bravery when it first came about but that has changed very much in recent years. he speaks french you can see there president macron pinning the legion d honnuer medal. these actions have been waiting some time for this. please veterans have been waiting some time for this. everyone knows about this
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.