PA mediaKing Charles will respect those whose “service and sacrifice” helped end the World War Two in a personal message, marking the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.
In an audio message recorded earlier this month, the king said that those who fight in the Pacific and the Far East and die will be “never forgotten”.
On Friday, Raja and Queen will participate in the service of remembrance in the National Memorial Arboratum in Staffordshire to commemorate the anniversary, with the Prime Minister Sir Kir Stmper.
Win on VJ Day, or Japan Day, is remembered on 15 August every year, and marks on the date in 1945 when Japan surrendered to the armies of the friendly countries ending the war.
UK and Commonwealth’s estimated 71,000 soldiers died in a war against Japan, including 12,000 prisoners of the war held in Japanese captivity.
Sir Kir, who organized a program with veterans of Downing Street on Thursday, said: “There is a great loan for those in our country who fought for a better future, so we can enjoy today and we can enjoy life today.
“We should respect that sacrifice with every new generation.”
The king’s message is required, and reflected, 80 years ago, the audio broadcast by his grandfather, King George VI, when he announced to the nation and the Commonwealth that the war was over.
He will refer to the experience by the prisoners of the war, and for the citizens of the land occupied in the region, whose pain “reminds us that the real cost of war is spread beyond the battlefields, touching every aspect of life”.
The king will describe that those who fought in war, “gave us more than independence; they left us the example of how and how it can be protected”, because the victory was made possible by close cooperation between nations, “Vishal distances, beyond beliefs and cultural divisions”.
It shows that, “The biggest weapons of all are not the weapons you have tolerated, but in the time of peace and in the time of peace, but you have weapons linked”, he says.
The VJ Day 80 Smritiotsav began on Thursday evening with a sunset ceremony at Memorial Gates, Central London, to pay homage to Commonwealth personnel, who died and died in the Far East.
A lightshow, paintings and stories were introduced on Memorial Gates for evergreen from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Digital Story-Sharing Platform.
Lord Botng, president of the Memorial Gates Council, gave a wreath on behalf of the king during the Thursday ceremony.
PA mediaThe government said that on Friday, the military bagpipers will perform in Dawn in the Far East Khand of the National Memorial Arboratum and Don the Lent in Edinburgh Castle.
A piper will also perform at a Japanese peace garden in West London to reflect the harmony between the UK and Japan in decades since the war ended.
The National Arboratum will include a military flypt in Friday morning service which will include the red arrows as well as the historic Dakota, Hurricane and Spitfire aircraft, the government said.
PA mediaA special tribute organized by 400 members of the armed forces will be held, including music provided by military band.
Friday’s incident will be broadcast live on BBC One and a national two -minute silence will be seen across the country in the afternoon.
This will be followed by a reception in which the king and queen will meet the veterans who served with their families in the Far East during World War II.
Then, hundreds of buildings in the UK will be burnt for Mark VJ Day from 21:00 – including Buckingham Palace, The Tower of London, Blackpool Tower, Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Durham Cathedral, Cardiff Castle and White Cliff of Dover.
VJ Day falls after three months after VE Day, when Germany stopped fighting in Europe after surrender.
The events to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day will conclude with a reception for veterans at Windsor Castle later in the autumn.
