PowerPoint Show by Andrew

Remembering a friend: A veteran raises his hand in salute as he looks down at the grave of his comrade in Bayeux, Normandy.

The Prince of Wales met veterans during a commemorative service.

American veterans salute as the bugle call Taps is played at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer today.

Normandy veteran Gordon Drabble, 89, from Sheffield, recently awarded the Legion D'Honeur, plants a wooden cross at the grave of a fallen comrade.

Ken Scott, 98, who was an infantry sergeant with the Durham Light Infantry on Gold Beach on D-Day, looks at headstones.

A Norwegian Second World War veteran is cheered at joint French-Norwegian D-Day commemoration ceremony in Hermanville-sur-Mer in Normandy.

Barack Obama, The Queen, Francois Hollande, Vladimir Putin and David Cameron (back left) for a photo outside the Chateau Benouville.

The Queen takes a moment to bow her head in front of a memorial at the British War Cemetery of Bayeux in Normandy.

The Queen approaches the memorial at Bayeux with a wreath commemorating the soldiers who died on the beaches of northern France 70 years ago.

Prince Philip appeared emotional as he listened to speeches at the cemetery where nearly 4,000 former British soldiers are buried.

Mother and son: Prince Charles and The Queen share a moment together in the midst of the commemoration ceremony in Bayeux.

(from left to right) Governor-General of New Zealand Jerry Mateparae, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott lay wreaths.

Prime Minister David Cameron meets a veteran at Bayeux Cemetery.

The Queen shakes the hand of a veteran who invaded the beaches of Normandy.

Barack Obama turns his head to talk to the French President as they gaze at the spots where Allied forces would have landed in 1944.

History enthusiasts from the Seaforth Highlanders of Holland march along the former Canadian D-Day landing zone of Juno Beach.

Family members of Canadian D-Day veterans, serving soldiers and local citizens attend a ceremony in Bernieres sur Mer.

Veteran Michael Colas shows his grandsons the graves of one of his comrades at the American cemetery.

Men hold the flags of the United States and Great Britain at Lyme Regis at the moment that soldiers rushed the Normandy beaches.