The Royal Family have met surviving World War II veterans ahead of the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I was awarded an HMS Ramirez award in the Philippines.
00:06I know, I know.
00:07Where was it?
00:08The battleship.
00:09The battleship?
00:10Yes.
00:11It must have been marvellous.
00:12It was.
00:13Because you've got a wonderful watercolour of that ship.
00:18Is it really?
00:19In the bathroom.
00:20I'm telling you.
00:21Did you go all the way to Singapore?
00:23No, I landed on Juno Beach.
00:27I jumped on myself, I didn't even know.
00:31It's unbelievable, I must say.
00:33It's like a firework display.
00:39And you were alright, you didn't get hit?
00:42I was young once.
00:45Are you the soul of Zanzibar?
00:49Of that detail.
00:50Goodness.
00:51Well, I started young.
00:55You must be very young.
00:57Nineteen.
00:58You were nineteen.
00:59You must forget how young you were.
01:01When is your hundredth birthday?
01:03Nineteenth.
01:04Of August.
01:05Of August.
01:06This year.
01:07I hope we'll have our card ready for you.
01:10Can I just get a picture of you shaking his hand?
01:13We are going to have one.
01:15We're going to send you as a gift.
01:17Oh, will you?
01:18We don't go far from that.
01:19What's his birthday card say?
01:21Did you make some very good friends in those days?
01:24Yes.
01:25In the Reds.
01:26Yes, yes.
01:27But I suppose there are not many left.
01:29No, there aren't any.
01:30Good old friends.
01:31Very good old friends at all.
01:34I mean, I'm going to put a hundred in the card, aren't I?
01:37You're not?
01:38Yes.
01:39What are we in?
01:40I should be thinking of it.
01:42Are you a hundred?
01:44I'll be a hundred.
01:45Joe?
01:46A hundred and one in August.
01:47A hundred and one in August, good as new.
01:49That's amazing.
01:51No, it's not like that.
01:53You guys are all built of different stuff.
01:56It's very impressive.
01:59I must say, I think it's unfair that you have to do all this work when you should be
02:05only two.
02:06Don't you think so?
02:07I mean, you have to get it.
02:09Never mind.
02:10I really do.
02:11I must tell the truth.
02:12It's His Majesty.
02:14Well, you're very kind.
02:15I'm not at all, but because I'm...
02:17It's rather heavy, as any now that I begin to be a bit useful.
02:22Aww.
02:23I'm sorry for such a mistake.