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thesun.co.uk | Mike Ridley
CHIVALROUS veteran Jack Mortimer tucked the Queen into her blanket in the royal box outside Buckingham Palace. And the 101-year-old then gave Camilla a kiss on the hand as she left the VIP stand where 31 British Legion veterans had sat with royalty and politicians to mark VE Day 80. Cheeky Jack, who landed on Sword Beach, Normandy, under fire on D-Day, said: “I have a nice chat-up line when I meet new girls — but I didn’t try it on the Queen. “As a matter of fact, I did kiss her hand.
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thesun.co.uk | Mike Ridley
LYNDA JONES was born on one of the greatest days in history – VE Day. Her mother Heather went into labour just as Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that the war in Europe was over. And Lynda, who will be 80 on Thursday, came into the world on May 8, 1945, as jubilant crowds partied into the night all over Britain. Her father, Flying Officer John Warne, a bomber pilot in the RAF, had been posted to an airbase at Evere just outside Brussels at the time.
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thesun.co.uk | Mike Ridley
JUST as their grandparents had done 80 years ago, thousands flocked to Buckingham Palace to cheer the Royal Family on VE Day’s anniversary yesterday. Crowds lined the streets to support a 1,300-strong military procession before craning necks for a glimpse of VIPs on the Palace balcony. King Charles and Queen Camilla gazed enthralled at a 23-plane flypast.
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thesun.co.uk | Mike Ridley
WHEN Richard Brock landed under fire on Gold Beach in Normandy on D-Day, his band of brothers was 130 strong. Eleven months later, after they fought relentlessly across Europe — and World War Two was finally over — only 19 made it home. Today, on the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Richard, 100, says: “I’m the last of them left alive.
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1 week ago | 
thesun.co.uk | Mike Ridley
THREE pubs will serve pints of beer at 1945 prices today to celebrate VE Day 80 — costing punters just 7.5p each. Landlady Katie Henley expects to sell out of the six casks, or 462 pints, of 4.0% VE Day traditional amber ale within hours of opening at 11am. Katie is the boss of the Warren Bridge Inn and Gresham House Inn, both Dawlish, and The Roundel, Teignmouth, all free houses in Devon. She has paid a local brewery full price to brew the beer and will sell it at almost £5 below normal prices.
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1 week ago | 
thesun.co.uk | Mike Ridley
SIR Keir Starmer has marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day by hailing World War Two veterans for their “greatest victory”. The PM has penned an open letter to the last of the generation on the day millions take to the nation’s streets to mark Victory in Europe Day. The Labour leader writes: “This week we celebrate the greatest victory our Armed Forces ever secured . . . a victory for good against the assembled forces of hatred, tyranny and evil.
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thesun.co.uk | Nadia Lee Cohen |Mike Ridley
AS news broke that peace had been declared on May 8, 1945, the people of Britain spontaneously took to the streets for the biggest party the country had ever seen. And on Thursday, we will mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, when Nazi Germany formally surrendered. In a radio broadcast, then PM Winston Churchill said: “We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing.”Thousands flocked to the streets of London, waving Union Flags and singing patriotic songs.
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1 week ago | 
thesun.co.uk | Mike Ridley
Jump directly to the contentUK NewsWorld NewsHealth NewsPoliticsOpinionThe soldiers will join 1,300 UK forces in a procession from Westminster to Buckingham Palace on MondayBRAVE Ukrainian soldiers fighting in the biggest conflict since World War Two will march in Britain’s VE Day celebrations. Ten officers in Volodymyr Zelensky’s forces battling Putin’s invasion will be in London to mark 80 years since the end of Hitler’s war in Europe.
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thesun.co.uk | Mike Ridley
WAR heroes were honoured at Windsor Castle last night — ahead of a two-minute silence next week to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. and Queen Camilla hosted some of our bravest military veterans, leaving Prince William “in awe”. Earlier, the Government announced the country will pause at noon on Thursday in a show of appreciation for our World War Two heroes. The two-minute silence will be followed by a service at Westminster Abbey attended by Charles and Camilla.
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thesun.co.uk | Mike Ridley
FORCES fighting in World War Two knew the rules: Anyone who kept a diary risked being be jailed. But now, at the age of 99½, ex-Royal Marine Tom Hill has finally decided to reveal his secret wartime journal. Father-of-two Tom showed The Sun the tiny booklet that he has kept hidden for 80 years. It records the horrors and hilarity of war. As the anniversary of VE Day — when war ended in Europe — approaches, Tom says: “I knew if I was caught with it I’d have ended up in jail.
