VE Day: Royals watch procession and flypast as thousands line the Mall.
The Royal Family watched a flypast from the Buckingham Palace balcony to mark the start of four days of celebrations for the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
Thousands gathered in front of the palace and on The Mall as the Red Arrows and other RAF planes flew over.
The King and Queen were joined by the Prince and Princess of Wales, their three children, and other senior royals.
Monday is the first day of commemorations of the moment Sir Winston Churchill declared on 8 May, 80 years ago, that all Nazi forces had surrendered.
Since Queen Elizabeth II’s death, it is the first VE Day event without a member of the royal family who also waved to crowds from the balcony in 1945.The King stood to salute as personnel from Allied countries, including the US, Germany, and France, joined 1,300 members of the UK armed forces in a march towards Buckingham Palace.
Crowds also gathered near the Cenotaph – draped in a Union Flag – and fell silent as Big Ben struck 12 o’clock.
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