house. we are going to stay here. there we go, let s have a listen to resident biden. president biden. mundy during the fifth 1944, the evil third reich was devastating the world, nancy germany had subjugated the once free nations of europe through brute force. lies, and twisted ideology of racial superiority. millions ofjew, in the holocaust, millions of others killed by bombs, bullets, bloody warfare. hitler and those with him fought thought democracy was weak and the future belong to dictators. here, on the coast of normandy, the battle between freedom and tyranny would be joined, here, on that morning in june, president emmanuel macron, secretary antony blinken, distinguished guests, most of all, our honoured veterans who met that test, the test of aegis in that moment 80 years ago. 80 years ago today. on behalf of the american people, as commander in chief, the highest honour to salute you in normandy once more. all of you, god love you. applause winston churchill
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.
payback marked the moment when tens of thousands of british, american and canadian troops stormed the beachesin and canadian troops stormed the beaches in northern france. to free europe from the grip of the nazis. a loan payback. it was the largest combined land air and naval operation world had seen, when many lost their lives to give us our futures, a liberty that cost so much. king charles and queen camilla joined the prime minister and the few surviving british veterans who made the journey, the youngest now in their late 90s. in a service at ver sur mer, at the new memorial built especially for the occasion. we will strive to live by their example. let us pray such sacrifice
down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them. we will remember them. that was lauren we will remember them. that was lauren moss. we will remember them. that was lauren moss. my we will remember them. that was lauren moss, my colleague - we will remember them. that was j lauren moss, my colleague there. let s just sum lauren moss, my colleague there. let sjust sum up lauren moss, my colleague there. let s just sum up what we have seen so far today. events are taking place in france and the uk to mark the 80th anniversary of the allied invasion of france. we saw in normandy the us presidentjoe biden, rishi sunak, king charles, queen camilla, we saw prince william, we saw camilla, we saw prince william, we sanustin trudeau, the canadian prime minister, a number of world leaders including volodymyr zelenskyy of ukraine coming together to commemorate those who lost their lives and those who are still here with us 80 years after that fateful day on the morning ofjune the