King Charles to attend D-Day commemorations in France

King Charles will take part in commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day next month, says Buckingham Palace.

He will be travelling to Normandy in France for events marking the landings which took place in 1944 during the Second World War.

There had been uncertainty because of the King’s cancer diagnosis.

But he will be taking part in D-Day events alongside Queen Camilla and the Prince of Wales.

In Portsmouth on 5 June, the King, Queen and Prince William will attend a ceremony remembering the wartime Allied landings to liberate France when it was occupied by the Nazis.

Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, will unveil a statue in Normandy recalling the Canadian contribution to D-Day, before attending a remembrance service in Bayeux Cathedral.

The King and Queen will then attend an event on 6 June at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer in France, which lists the names of more than 20,000 under British command who died during the Battle of Normandy.

These will be international commemorations and Prince William will go to a ceremony at Omaha Beach, Saint Laurent sur Mer, which is expected to be attended by 25 heads of state.