never see that again. of the 130 lads in my company, only 19 of us made it home. in those desperate battles, they gave their lives for the peace we enjoy today. i will never forget them. my families and their families and friends will never forget them. we will rememberthem. pipes play. at 9.30, the king and queen will join veterans for the first ever national commemoration at the british normandy memorial. the british memorial is near the village of ver sur mer, at the eastern end of gold beach, and pays tribute to the more than 22,000 servicemen and women under british command who fell
we will remember them, words we will hear many times today. events commemorating the anniversary of d day will continue throughout the day. we ll be ending our coverage here on breakfast a little earlier, at 8.30 this morning, when our colleagues take over here on bbc one. at 9.30 the king and queen willjoin veterans for the first ever national commemoration here at the british normandy memorial. the british memorial here near the village of ver sur mer, at the eastern end of gold beach, pays tribute to the more than 22,000 servicemen and women under british command who fell on d day and during the battle of normandy in the summer of 1944. breakfast sjohn maguire is here with us this morning.
pipes play. events commemorating the anniversary of d day will continue throughout the day. at 9.30 the king and queen willjoin veterans for the first ever national commemoration here at the british normandy memorial. we ll be ending a little earlier, so you can follow the event live on bbc one from 8.30. we will try to give you a sense of the occasion here at the british memorial. you can see the weather is
they gave their lives for the peace we enjoy today. i will never forget them. my families and their families and friends will never forget them. we will rememberthem. pipes play. from here in normandy, let me give you a sense of the events taking place to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d day. at 9.30 the king and queen willjoin veterans for the first ever national commemoration here at the british normandy memorial. it will be the king s first official overseas engagement since his cancer diagnosis.
yes, this news broke within the last hour, with police scotland stating that peter murrell, the husband of the former first minister nicola sturgeon was taken into custody at 9.30 this morning and was questioned by detectives. he was previously arrested in april last year in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the snp. he was later released without charge. his arrest at that time was the first of three arrests as part of operation branch form, police scotland s major investigation into the snp finances. that investigation was launched almost three years ago, after the police received complaints about how more than six of donations given to the party for a fresh independence campaign had been used. injune last year, nicola sturgeon, scotland s