begun, really about 30 seconds ago, so just at the beginning of it. montgomery, named after field marshal bernard montgomery, who played such a crucial role in d day and the subsequent battle for normandy. this stretch of the coastline codenamed sword beach. there will be commemorations like this across the next couple of days. the 6th ofjune being the actual anniversary, will be the main day. probably around 30 veterans of the battle of normandy are with us this morning, front row seats. we have bands here, a male voice choir, standard bearers from the royal british legion as well, and a speech just taking place from the spirit of normandy trust, who bring a lot of the veterans to normandy every year, but this being the 80th anniversary makes it an even more special year. max is with us from the commonwealth
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