A 100-year-old RAF veteran who will be leading VE Day processions on Monday has recalled being “gobsmacked” after bumping into his father by chance during the Allied invasion of Normandy.

They will have prime spots to watch the military parade and flypast in central London as part the nation’s VE Day 80th anniversary events.

This week, the country will show you just how thankful we all are’, the Prime Minister wrote in an open letter.

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The King and Queen are said to be looking forward to this week’s events to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day and to remember the “selfless devotion, duty and service” of the wartime generation.

John Hajdu, 88, said it was ‘absolutely vital’ that future generations remember the Holocaust as he attended the interfaith VE Day gathering.