Queen Elizabeth II to Give 75th Anniversary VE Day Address as Britons Sing Wartime Song On Their Doorsteps

Queen Elizabeth II will give a special Victory in Europe (VE) Day 75th anniversary address to her country alongside a national singalong of a famous wartime hit.Her speech will be at 9pm G.M.T. on May 8, to mirror the moment of her father, George VI’s, radio address to the country marking the Nazi surrender to Allied forces during the Second World War.She may well share her own memories of the day, when as a young princess she left the palace to join crowds dancing in the streets. Britons are being encouraged to lean out of windows or stand on their doorsteps to sing We’ll Meet Again, by Vera Lynn, which came to define public optimism amid World War II.The 1939 hit was referenced by Elizabeth in her first coronavirus special broadcast, when she said: “We will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again.”The song carries the famous lyric: “We’ll meet again, Don’t know where, Don’t know when, But I know we’ll meet again some sunny day.”Prince Charles will also read from his grandfather, George VI’s, diary from the day victory over the Nazis was declared.In it, the king describes the Royal… Read full this story

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