cash may no longer be king, but the king is now on the cash. from today, banknotes featuring charles iii go into circulation, making him only the second monarch ever to appear on them. good morning from portsmouth, i good morning from portsmouth, lam atone good morning from portsmouth, lam atone of good morning from portsmouth, lam atone of the good morning from portsmouth, lam at one of the locations that troops used at one of the locations that troops used to at one of the locations that troops used to board landing craft that would used to board landing craft that would take them to modern normandie. dry in the south, brisk winds normandie. dry in the south, brisk winds in normandie. dry in the south, brisk winds in the normandie. dry in the south, brisk winds in the west. all the details laten it s wednesday, the 5th ofjune. our main story. rishi sunak and sir keir starmer have clashed on taxes, the nhs, immigration and the cost of living in theirfirst
Stonehouse. only 18 years old during the landings. he did not know what he was heading to, but he has been sharing his thoughts with graham. on good days, when the sun is out, tom stonehouse and his wife shirley liked to sit in their garden and watch the birds. tom is 98, his memory sharp as a pin. thomas stonehouse, 14713902. you never got paid until you could remember your number. and he said, after that, you ll never forget it. and up to this year, 14713902. tom was 18 on d day. he was one of 160,000 allied troops who landed on the beaches of normandy. what were you thinking as d day was approaching? frightened.
If. if there s another world and. you d like that? i d like that. 0h, oh, tom. amazing to hear your story. a big thank you to 98 year old tom stonehouse for sharing his memories with breakfast, all of us. if you are watching, good morning, iam sure you will be keen to be part of the event today. the national commemoration of d day eight years on. charlotte gallagher is with me. the king, the queen, the prince of wales will be here. this is important for them. by, wales will be here. this is important for them.- wales will be here. this is important for them. a lot of vips includin: important for them. a lot of vips including the important for them. a lot of vips including the royal important for them. a lot of vips including the royal family. - important for them. a lot of vips including the royal family. we i important for them. a lot of vips i including the royalfamily. we have not seen the king out and about since his diagnosis but obviously today was incredibly important for hi
He ended the war in germany, just outside berlin, and then was taken to a concentration camp. they took everyone just to.let us have a look see what happens in wars, the concentration camps when they was closing him down. i think that was the worst of the lot. the stench! the actual stench was far worse, and.i would have rather not seen it than seen it. in 2018, tom was given the legion d honneur the highest french order of merit for his part in the war. that was lovely. and then, see, the french president, after he come up, shook my hand and give me a kiss you know, like the french people do! what did you think of that? beautiful. you don t think of yourself as a hero? no!
And it was a hell of a job to find. if you ve lost someone, they weren t forthcoming with names. but you didn t see him again? i never see him no more. hard, losing people like that. it s hard losing people. it. it s. what can i say? it was a guilty fact that it was them and not me. why? and that question why? came up a terrific amount of times in my life. you felt guilty? i felt guilty. i felt guilty all the way through. when i see someone else go down, and i was still here. do you still feel guilty? i still feel guilty. newsreel: where the weight of battle had fallen heaviest, it was a scene of utter destruction. tom fought his way through france and belgium.