On Thursday morning, King Charles and Queen Camilla attended the UK Ministry of Defence and the Royal British Legion’s commemorative event at the British Normandy Memorial at Ver-sur-Mer.
King Charles and Queen Camilla were joined by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron at the British Normandy Memorial.
Corbis/Getty Images British troops reach the shore in the early morning.
Germans rained mortars and artillery down on Allied troops, killing many before they could even get out of their boats.
U.S. Army Injured American soldiers wait to be moved to a field hospital after storming Omaha Beach.
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CNN — Britain’s King Charles III, –, King Charles, Queen Camilla, Charles, Emmanuel Macron, Brigitte Macron, Chris Jackson, “, ” Charles, King George VI, ”, Robert F, Sargent, Dwight D, Eisenhower, Ed Jackson, Samuel Chase, Clarence Shoop, FPG, —, Jeffrey Markowitz, Adolf Hitler, Holmes, King, Macron, Joe Biden –, Prince William, Prince, Wales, King William V’s, Richard Rohmer, France Gabriel Attal, Justin Trudeau, Jordan Pettitt, William, Camilla
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