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D-Day: May and Macron in France to mark 75th anniversary

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British Prime Minister, Theresa May will join French President Emmanuel Macron in northern France for a second day of events marking the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Mrs May and the French President will attend an inauguration and a memorial ceremony to honour British troops who died in the Battle of Normandy.

Mrs May will then attend a cathedral service in Bayeux, alongside Veterans and the Prince of Wales. D-Day was the start of the liberation of Nazi-occupied western Europe.

Hundreds of veterans have gathered in Normandy for the anniversary of the largest combined land, air and naval operation in history.

The day’s commemorations will mark key events in the operation, which started on 6th June 1944.

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