King Charles gives two-word health update as he chats to war heroes in Normandy
After attending the UK's commemoration event in Ver-sur-Mer in Normandy today, King Charles and Queen Camilla visited a marquee where veterans were having tea and cakes.
King Charles told a D-Day veteran he is "doing well" as he and the Queen met with war heroes who stormed the beaches 80 years ago.
The royal couple attended the UK's commemoration event in Ver-sur-Mer in Normandy earlier today, before visiting a marquee where veterans were having tea and cakes.
On one table, the King sat beside Ronald Hendrey, 98, of Clacton-on-Sea, who asked about his health.
Mr Hendrey said: "He was very nice, he listened to what I was saying and took it in. I asked him how he was doing, he told me he is doing well."
The King was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and continues to undergo cancer treatment weekly. At the end of April he resumed public-facing duties and has been steadily increasing his workload. Today marks the first time he has travelled abroad since his diagnosis.
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During the day, the King addressed an emotional crowd of veterans, speaking of his "profound sense of gratitude" to those who served in 1944.
At one point Charles and Camilla both appeared to get emotional, with the Queen, who was a vision in white, wiping her eye as memories of one D-Day veteran were read to the crowd.
During his speech, Charles told the audience: "It is with the most profound sense of gratitude that we remember them and all who served at that critical time".
He paid tribute to the "remarkable wartime generation", addding: "How fortunate we were, and the entire free world, that a generation of men and women in the United Kingdom and other Allied nations did not flinch when the moment came to face that test.
"On the beaches of Normandy, on the seas beyond and in the skies overhead, our armed forces carried out their duty with a humbling sense of resolve and determination, qualities so characteristic of that remarkable wartime generation."
Commemorations began in the early morning with a military piper at Gold Beach in Arromanches playing a lament at sea at the exact time the invasion commenced.
Charles wore his Field Marshal No 4 Tropical Service dress uniform, with medals and decorations for Thursday's event. The King and Queen were joined in France by Prince William.
The Prince of Wales praised the "bravery and sacrifice of the Canadian troops, who gave so much 80 years ago" as he delivered a speech at a ceremony on Juno Beach.
He was joined by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, Canadian D-Day veterans and armed forces personnel in Courseulles-sur-Mer in France.
William said: "Far from home they stormed these very sand dunes behind me, shoulder to shoulder with thousands of British troops.
"Standing here today in peaceful silence, it is almost impossible to grasp the courage it would have taken to run into the fury of battle that day."
At an event marking D-Day in the UK on Wednesday (June 5), William told one veteran Princess Kate would have loved to have been there.
Kate was also diagnosed with cancer earlier this year after planned abdominal surgery. The Princess of Wales has taken a step back from royal duties since the shock announcement.
