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What a week! D-Day hero makes ministers retreat on Normandy cash, then celebrates his 100th birthday
Daily Express
|April 21, 2025
D-DAY braveheart Peter Kent capped a remarkable week by celebrating his 100th birthday with a message from the King and Queen.
The Navy hero raised a glass at a party held in his honour just days after he forced the Government into a humiliating climbdown.
Ministers had backtracked on a promise to help pay for the veterans' annual pilgrimage to mark the Normandy invasion of June 6, 1944 which began the final defeat of Nazi Germany. Peter called it a "betrayal".
His words prompted an 11th hour assurance of funding, but no apology.
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Peter of Pimlico, Central London, is one of a handful of veterans making an emotional return to northern France with the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans.
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