THE Princess Royal paid tribute yesterday to two million National Service veterans, 60 years on from the ending of conscription.
A thousand ex-servicemen, family members and guests attended the Armed Forces Memorial, at the National Arboretum, in Staffordshire.
Princess Anne said: "We recognise this nation owes all of them a huge debt of gratitude for that service, and if I may on behalf of the entire country take this opportunity to thank them." She was speaking at the Remembering National Service event, organised by the Royal British Legion.
The service was completed between 1947 and 1963 by men aged between 17 and 21 years old, with 395 of them killed in conflicts including the Korean War, Malaya and the Suez crisis.
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