This week’s royal agenda
The royal family are preparing for the upcoming 80th anniversary of VJ Day on 15 August, which will mark the anniversary of Japan’s surrender to the Allies following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, effectively ending the Second World War.
As well as an address to the nation, the King and Queen will attend a service of remembrance alongside war veterans at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.
While Charles and Camilla are at the National Memorial Arboretum event, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh will attend a service at the Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle, organised by the Royal British Legion Scotland.
Elsewhere, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester will join the congregation at the Far East Prisoners of War VJ Day 80th Anniversary Service at Norwich Cathedral, before attending a second commemorative service dedicated to the Children and Families of the Far East Prisoners of War in Suffolk.
Ahead of VJ Day, Sophie will meet Second World War veteran Jim Wren on Tuesday, who was serving on HMS Repulse when he was captured and held on the Indonesian island of Sumatra until the end of the war.
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