Gordon Brown

Prince Charles will attend D-Day celebrations after invite from Mr Sarkozy

03 June 2009

Clarence House has confirmed Prince Charles is to attend the 65th anniversary commemoration of D-Day in Normandy following an 11th hour invitation by France's President Nicholas Sarkozy.  Buckingham Palace had originally indicated no members of the royal family would be present at the weekend event as there had been no official invitation. The French organisers insisted deciding who was to represent the UK was a matter for the British government. The ...