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i ve got one. that s your granddaughter who s listening in over there. let s have a sip of tea. i still wake up sometimes, get what you call a flashback of different things, yes. we try. we try to forget but then people like charlie stayt comes in. comes in and stirs it all up, and it s. all right, 0k, charlie? well, roy, i hope you understand, the reason we ask these questions is precisely so people don t forget. yes. and you are of a generation who can tell these stories
of the 80th anniversary of d day. charlie stayt is live in normandy today. the king and queen word joined by veterans to remember the fallen. charlie stayt is life there today. yes, royalty, world leaders, but at the centre of the event the d day veterans. roy harrison was among them, aged 18, on board a royal navy ship. he was on one of the vessels protecting those going into shore. roy took some time to meet with me. and here he is. hello, roy. how are you doing? what a pleasure to meet you. slowly. nice cushion. so, roy, here comes the tea. thank you, phoeb. cheers.
ijust carried out myjob, what i was doing, but i couldn t get in the water to help them or save them. they will always be in my memory. everyone, roy, watching this right now, will know that you did everything that you could and you were asked to do. and i appreciate this is upsetting for you, and i hope you understand that anyone listening to you tell your story, which is so important, will only make them understand more the significance of what you did in those days. do you want a sip of your tea? good idea, perhaps. feel like it s getting cold. cheers, phoebe.
because you know it, because you saw it with your own eyes. i should have put my unionjack ones on, shouldn t i? these are but. you ve got better ones than that? brighter. 0k! roy, your family is all here while we re chatting, and they tell me that you are 98, but you think you re 58. would that be right? could be. is that about right? i still act that way. roy was here today, and if i share this one thing, my last vision of roy was in the tent over there and after the main event royalty, king charles and the prime minister were in the tent and i could see roy deep
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