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Buckingham Palace

The King and Queen today attended a Service to commemorate the Eightieth Anniversary of Victory over Japan Day, at the National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire, and were received by the National President of the Royal British Legion (Vice Admiral Paul Bennett), the Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) and the Chief of the Defence Staff (Admiral Sir Antony Radakin).

His Majesty laid a Wreath at the Armed Forces Memorial and The Queen laid a posy.

At the conclusion of the Service, The King and Queen viewed a fly-past over the Armed Forces Memorial by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight of a Lancaster, Hurricane and Spitfire.

His Majesty subsequently proceeded to the Changi Lych Gate Memorial and, escorted by the Managing Director of the National Memorial Arboretum (Mrs Philippa Rawlinson), viewed the Burma Star Memorial and the Chindit Memorial and, at the Burma Railway Memorial, met members of Burma Star Memorial Fund, the Chindit Society, and Children and Families of Far East Prisoners of War.

The King and Queen afterwards attended a Reception with veterans.

St James’s Palace

The Duke of Edinburgh and The Duchess of Edinburgh, Patron, the Java Far East Prisoners of War Club 1942, this morning attended a Service marking the Eightieth Anniversary of Victory over Japan Day at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle.

His Royal Highness, Commodore-in-Chief, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, and Her Royal Highness this evening attended a performance of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle.

St James’s Palace

Today is the Anniversary of the Birthday of The Princess Royal.

Kensington Palace

The Duke of Gloucester, Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Anglian Regiment, and Royal Patron, the National Far East Prisoners of War Fellowship Welfare Remembrance Association, and The Duchess of Gloucester this morning attended a Service to commemorate the Eightieth Anniversary of Victory over Japan Day in Norwich Cathedral and were received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk (the Lady Dannatt).

His Royal Highness, Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Anglian Regiment, and Royal Patron, the National Far East Prisoners of War Fellowship Welfare Remembrance Association, and Her Royal Highness this afternoon attended a Service to commemorate the Eightieth Anniversary of Victory over Japan Day at St Mary’s Church, Honey Hill, Bury St Edmunds, and were received by His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk (Clare, Countess of Euston).