has shared entrie as he and welcomed D-Day veterans to Buckingham Palace. Ahead of two-days of national commemorations to mark 80 years since the Normandy Landings, . Showing his guests a photo of the wartime King with General Montgomery, His Majesty said: "I thought you might like to see one or two things that we have from my grandfather King George VI.
This was a photograph of him on the beach with General Montgomery, who funnily enough I remember very well." "I spoke to Montgomery when I was in Normandy. And to Churchill," replied Bernard Morgan, a codebreaker who was the youngest RAF sergeant to land in Normandy.
"And was Sir Winston still smoking his cigar in those days?" asked the King. "Yes he always had one!" replied Bernard. Recalling his grandfather's frustration at not being able to visit the troops in Normandy sooner, the monarch added: "My grandfather was so determined to go.
He got very frustrated because they wouldn't let him go until several days later." The King, who is patron of the Royal British Legion, then produced a book open at a page of neat handwriting, adding: "This was my grandfather's diary. This was his D-Day entry, 'The news was given out at 8am that the invasion of the continent of Europe had started last night.
The airborne troops had made successful landings in the night and have captured their objectives. So that was something'." During the heartwarming meeting, which will be broadcast by BBC One as part of its D-Day anniversary coverage, the.
