LIVE D-Day 80th anniversary LIVE: Normandy beaches host military displays to remember brave veterans as King Charles and Joe Biden join commemorations By Jamie Bullen Published: 07:01, 6 June 2024 | Updated: 08:27, 6 June 2024 e-mail 19 View comments Advertisement King Charles will join world leaders including US President Joe Biden in France today to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. The military operation to liberate Nazi-occupied France on June 6, 1944, was the largest by air, land and sea ever attempted and resulted in the deaths of an estimated 4,000 to 9,000 troops. Events including military displays and parades are taking place over two days to commemorate the 80th anniversary with world leaders gathering on a beach which was used as a landing area by Allied soldiers.
Follow MailOnline's live coverage below 07:27 Today is about 'commemoration, not celebration' Former UK ambassador to France Lord Peter Ricketts is in Normandy this morning for the D-Day 80th anniversary. Remembering all those who died, he told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme: It's commemoration, certainly not celebration. After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, commemorations have taken on a new significance, according to Lord Ricketts, with President Putin not invited to this year's remembrance events.
'What Russia has done since then makes it impossible for a senior Russian representative to be here,' he said. 07:22 Pictured: Farage joins re-enactors on Gold Beach Reform Party UK l.
