King Charles has paid a heartfelt tribute to those who took part in the D-Day landings, praising them for "replacing tyranny with freedom".He was speaking in Portsmouth, one of the key departure points for the Normandy landings in June 1944.
The audience rose to their feet when veterans stood to make speeches and the Queen was brought to tears., King Charles hailed the "greatest amphibious operation in history" and the courage of those who "must have questioned if they would survive".And he called on the present generation to honour those who had died, in ways that "live up to the freedom they died for, by balancing rights with civic responsibilities".
The commemorative event heard from those who took part in D-Day, including Roy Hayward, who landed in Normandy on 6 June 1944 at the age of 19.