Prince William to Step in for King Charles at Special D-Day Commemorations in France

The Prince of Wales will be in Normandy, France, with other heads of state, while Charles and Queen Camilla are at a separate event

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Prince William to Step in for King Charles at Special D-Day Commemorations in France
The Prince of Wales will be in Normandy, France, with other heads of state, while Charles and Queen Camilla are at a separate event

By Simon Perry Published on May 29, 2024 08:20AM EDT
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales leads Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex to the Cenotaph during the National Service Of Remembrance on November 14, 2021
King Charles and Prince William during the National Service of Remembrance in 2021. PHOTO: RICHARD POHLE – WPA POOL/GETTY
Prince William is stepping up as an international statesman.

The Prince of Wales will represent his father King Charles at a key D-Day commemoration in Normandy, north-east France next week.

William, 41, is set to be the senior U.K. figure at a gathering of 25 world leaders at Omaha beach, Saint Laurent sur Mer, on the 80th anniversary of the landings on June 6. The ceremony will honor the estimated 160,000 American, British and Canadian troops who landed at the beach on D-Day.

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Prince William to Step in for King Charles at Special D-Day Commemorations in France
The Prince of Wales will be in Normandy, France, with other heads of state, while Charles and Queen Camilla are at a separate event

By Simon Perry Published on May 29, 2024 08:20AM EDT
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales leads Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex to the Cenotaph during the National Service Of Remembrance on November 14, 2021
King Charles and Prince William during the National Service of Remembrance in 2021. PHOTO: RICHARD POHLE – WPA POOL/GETTY
Prince William is stepping up as an international statesman.

The Prince of Wales will represent his father King Charles at a key D-Day commemoration in Normandy, north-east France next week.

William, 41, is set to be the senior U.K. figure at a gathering of 25 world leaders at Omaha beach, Saint Laurent sur Mer, on the 80th anniversary of the landings on June 6. The ceremony will honor the estimated 160,000 American, British and Canadian troops who landed at the beach on D-Day.

The battles on D-Day of June 6, 1944, and in the weeks that followed, pushed the German forces back from the coast and across France and were among the most important in bringing about the end of the Second World War, which ended almost a year later.

As well as being alongside international heads of state, William will join D-Day veterans and attend the the Canadian commemorative ceremony at the Juno Beach Centre, Courseulles-sur-Mer, hosted by the Canadian government, Buckingham Palace has announced.

William expected to travel to France solo, as his wife Kate Middleton, 42, is still not undertaking public duties as she undergoes her cancer treatment.