D-Day: Francois Hollande's plea to fight threats to peace.
Every year I lay a cross at graves"
Honouring the sacrifices of those who fought on D-Day, Francois Hollande has urged people to fight today's threats to peace with equal vision and courage.
The French president was addressing world leaders and almost 2,000 veterans in Normandy on the 70th anniversary of the momentous World War Two mission.
Mr Hollande said today's threats included terrorism, global warming and mass unemployment.
The Queen said the day was filled with "sorrow and regret" as well as "pride".
Earlier, the monarch laid a wreath at a military cemetery in Bayeux.
'Helped end war'
The main ceremony took place on the French northern coast at
Sword Beach, the code name for one of the Allies' five landing points
where, following Mr Hollande's speech, scenes from the invasion were
re-enacted.
The 1944 landings - involving 156,000 troops - were the first stage of the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe.
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