UK kicks off party to mark 80 years since end of WWII

A military parade, fly-past and balcony appearance by the royal family on 5th May kicked off four days of UK celebrations marking 80 years since the end of World War II. 

King Charles III saluted as around 1,000 members of the UK armed forces, joined by NATO colleagues from the United States, France and Germany, along with 11 soldiers from Ukraine the end of the procession in front of Buckingham Palace.

Charles and Queen Camilla were joined by Princess Anne, Prince Edward, Prince William and his wife Catherine along with their children. "Today, sadly, the echoes of those times which they fervently hoped had been consigned to history, reverberate across their continent," the king said.