The couple announced their pending divorce to staff at Althorp, the Spencer family estate in Northamptonshire, in March.

Former codebreaker Bernard Morgan, from Crewe in Cheshire, captured the nation’s tragedy yesterday as he was pictured poignantly saluting the silent graves of Britain’s soldiers.

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Since the end of hostilities Eric Bateman has rarely spoken about the terrible events of June 1944 and his part in the historic D-Day landings in Normandy.

The heir to the throne, 41, is being joined by his father King Charles and Queen Camilla as they gather with veterans on and serving military personnel on Southsea Common.

Prince Andrew, who no longer has official duties after being forced to quit over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, shares the 30-room, £30million mansion with his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Having taken on the patronage of the Royal College of Nursing, the King seems less inclined to resume his presidency of the British Medical Association.

Harry is said to have declined his father’s offer because it would leave him staying in a ‘visible location with public entrance and exit points and no police protection’.