The King's Birthday Honours mark the extraordinary contributions and service of people across the UK. More than 1,000 people ...

The highest honours have gone to Sir Antony Gormley, the sculptor behind the Angel of the North, and Professor Jocelyn Bell ...

On the Buckingham Palace balcony ... Dress. As Big Ben strikes midday, the commemorations have begun in Westminster. Actor Timothy Spall read part of Winston Churchill’s VE Day broadcast ...

Britain commenced its V-E Day commemorations ... and Buckingham Palace on Monday as British and allied troops paraded past at the start of four days of pageantry to mark the 80th anniversary of the ...

JUST as their grandparents had done 80 years ago, thousands flocked to Buckingham Palace ... Day veteran Bernard Morgan, 101, from Crewe. He showed her a photo of himself in uniform age 18. After ...

The Royal Family watched a flypast from the Buckingham Palace balcony to mark the start of four days of celebrations for the 80th anniversary of VE Day ... fell silent as Big Ben struck 12 ...

In London, thousands gathered outside Buckingham Palace ... of royals. As Big Ben strikes 12, actor Timothy Spall recites extracts from Winston Churchill's VE Day speech in a powerful display.

After Big Ben tolled ... the day in this sort of scale.” Then it was time for the parade from the Houses of Parliament, through Trafalgar Square and down the Mall to Buckingham Palace.