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King Charles read wartime memories from his grandfathers diary as he and Queen Camila hosted four D-Day veterans at Buckingham Palace last week.

Of the group were killed. as you know, john, i have 32 reasons for going back, and those 32 reasons are the 32 guys that never came home. and i made that promise to myself that every opportunity, i would go back and pay my respects and honour those guys. as they left portsmouth, their modern—day counterparts flew overhead in a royal air force transport plane and stood to attention, saluting on the deck of the aircraft carrier hms prince of wales — respect between the generations. john dennet...

Stan Ford suffered lifelong injuries when the ship was sunk by what is believed to have been a midget submarine off the Normandy coast.

Stan Ford suffered lifelong injuries when the ship was sunk by what is believed to have been a midget submarine off the Normandy coast.

John Dennett, who signed up to serve in the Royal Navy against his mothers wishes at the age of 17 in 1942, says he was one of the lucky ones to survive the conflict.

The group of veterans gathered at the Union Jack club in Waterloo with pupils from London schools.

Nine men, aged between 98 and 103, gathered at the Union Jack Club on Friday.

The D-Day operation took place on 6 June 1944 and combined land, air and sea forces from Allied countries into what became one of the largest amphibious invasions in military history.

A group of Second World War veterans have come together to share a “bit of living history” ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

A group of Second World War veterans came together to share a "bit of living history" ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, as...