Senior royals have joined thousands of people in London to observe a military procession to begin commemorations marking the end of the Second World War in Europe.

The 68-year-old actor read extracts from Churchill’s speech from VE Day in 1945, standing in front of a statue of the wartime leader.

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King George VI and the Queen Mother made eight balcony appearances and were joined by their daughters Queen Elizabeth II, then Princess Elizabeth, and Princess Margaret, who later famously slipped ...