PREVIEW

Image of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen, seen here with President of France Emmanuel Macron and his wife at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer France today (06/06/2024). This was part of the UK’s major commemorative event in Normandy to mark the 80th Anniversary of D-Day.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty visit the British Normandy Memorial near Gold Beach, alongside Military veterans, the President of France Emmanuel Macron, and King Charles III to mark the D-Day 80th anniversary in France.

The Ministry of Defence and the Royal British Legion host the UK’s major commemorative event at the new British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer, with thanks to the Normandy Memorial Trust.

This anniversary will mark the first time the British Normandy Memorial has been at the heart of major anniversary commemorations, having been opened in 2021.

It contains the names of the 22,442 servicemen and women under British command who fell on D-Day and during the Battle of Normandy in the summer of 1944.