flypast

The King and Queen will also be on the Palace balcony to watch a flypast and attend a celebratory concert for the occasion, which marks the end of World War Two in Europe.

Commemorations for this year's VE Day will begin on the Early May Bank Holiday on 5 May, with a military procession from Whitehall to Buckingham Palace and an RAF flypast over London.

This was given symbolic form by a joint flypast thundering over Rome from the UK's Red Arrows and the Italian pilots of the Frecce Tricolori.

A flypast thundered over Rome in honour of King Charles III and Queen Camilla's state visit to Italy.

Over the next three days, the royal couple will visit the Colosseum, watch a joint Italian and UK airforce flypast and learn about Italian slow food.