King delivers speech at D-Day 80th anniversary event | In full

The King has taken to the stage to give a speech at a commemorative event in Portsmouth this morning to kick off events in the UK and France to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. He joined the Queen, the prime minister, and the Prince of Wales, who gave a reading shortly beforehand, as well as over 500 veterans, at a ceremony to commemorate the allied invasion of the beaches of northern France in 1944. The King arrived on site shortly after , an hour after the Prince of Wales. The decision to minimise his time on site was made as part of an effort to “calibrate” his working day in lieu of his ongoing cancer treatment, the Telegraph understands. It is the most high-profile public appearance the King has made since his diagnosis, with The Telegraph first reporting that this D-Day anniversary was at the heart of plans for his return to public duty before Easter. The event in Portsmouth, which served as a key launch pad for the invasion of the beaches of northern France