US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were among state heads who travelled to northern France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
King Charles III said while the number of living veterans was dwindling it was "our obligation to remember what they stood for and what they achieved for us all can never diminish".
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron and US President Joe Biden participated in the D-Day commemoration. "This event and day serve as a reminder of the courage and determination demonstrated in the pursuit of freedom and democracy," Mr Zelenskyy said on social media platform X.
Christian Lamb sat in a wheelchair as Mr Macron bent down to pin the medal on her and kissed her on both cheeks. Some 14,000 Canadians were part of the 150,000 Allied troops who landed or parachuted into Normandy in 1944.
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