King Charles read a diary entry from his grandfather George VI on the D-Day anniversary.Source: D-Day 80: Tribute to the Fallen, BBC
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00:00 I thought you might like to see one or two things that we have from my grandfather, King George VI.
00:06 Yes, I remember him very well.
00:09 And this was a photograph of him on the beach with General Montgomery.
00:16 Yes.
00:17 If I remember very well.
00:19 Yes, I spoke to Montgomery when I was in Normandy.
00:22 Did you?
00:22 And to Churchill.
00:24 And was Sir Winston still smoking a cigar at that stage?
00:27 He always had one, yes.
00:30 My grandfather was so determined to go, he got very frustrated because they wouldn't let him go until several days later.
00:38 Is this to pass around?
00:39 Yes, why not?
00:40 And then this was my grandfather's diary.
00:44 That was his D-Day entry.
00:46 It says, "The news was given out at 8am that the invasion of the continent of Europe had started last night.
00:55 The airborne troops had made successful landings in the night and had captured their objectives."
01:02 So that was something.
01:03 Lovely documents to keep, they are.