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US President Donald Trump and Queen Elizabeth II joined 300 veterans in paying tribute to their fallen comrades at a poignant ceremony on Wednesday marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Mixing sombre recitals of soldiers' last letters home with period song-aTrump and Queen Elizabeth lead emotional tributes to D-Day heroes
US President Donald Trump and Queen Elizabeth II joined 300 veterans in paying tribute to their fallen comrades at a poignant ceremony on Wednesday marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Mixing sombre recitals of soldiers' last letters home with period song-and-dance numbers, the ceremony in Portsmouth drew more than a dozen world leaders including Canada's Justin Trudeau, France's Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Angela Merkel. They took turns honouring those involved in the Allied cross-Channel invasion of the Normandy beaches, the largest amphibious assault in history, that left 4,400 troops dead on the first day. «I was 18 and I was hoping for some sort of great adventure, but yes, I knew something big was obviously happening,» former pilot Gregory Hayward, 93, told AFP. «It brings back the memories and I'm grateful... to be able to survive long enough to be here on the 75th anniversary.» With some in the audience shedding tears and a few of the surviving veterans, now all in their 90s, sitting upright in the front rows, Trump read excerpts from the prayer President Franklin Roosevelt delivered by radio on D-Day. "They will need Thy blessings for the enemy is strong. He may... Read more