The King to join veterans at events to mark D-Day 80th anniversary

Summary

1. Two days of events are taking place in the UK and France to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings
2. King Charles, Queen Camilla and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be in Portsmouth on Wednesday
3. On 6 June 1944, troops from the UK, the US, Canada, and France landed on the French coast and attacked German forces
4. It was the largest military naval, air and land operation ever attempted and the start of the campaign to liberate Nazi-occupied north-west Europe
5. The BBC is marking this with a range of live and historic programming across TV, BBC iPlayer, Radio and BBC Sounds