Watch: King Charles reads diary entry from grandfather George VI on D-Day anniversary

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

Transcript

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.