Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales, puts down flowers after attending a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Britain Royals VE Day

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

Britain’s Kate, Princess of Wales, and Prince William arrive to attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive to attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain’s Kate, Princess of Wales, leaves after attending a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
100-year-old veteran Dorothea Barron, centre, attends a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Jordan Pettitt/Pool Photo via AP)
Veteran Harry Winter meets young service personnel before the Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Julian Simmonds/Pool Photo via AP)
Former Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain’s King Charles III, centre, and Prince William attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Jordan Pettitt/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive to attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch arrive to attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
D-Day veteran Ken Hay arrives arrives to attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Jordan Pettitt/Pool Photo via AP)
Veteran Gilbert Clarke, right, arrives to attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A Second World War veteran attends a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Jordan Pettitt/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s Prince William, centre left, and King Charles III attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Jordan Pettitt/Pool Photo via AP)
Kate, Princess of Wales, speaks to a veteran during a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Jordan Pettitt/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s Queen Camilla leaves after attending a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain’s King Charles III leaves after attending a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Aaron Chown/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Princess of Wales, attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Jordan Pettitt/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s Prince William, Kate, Princess of Wales, King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Jordan Pettitt/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s Prince William and King Charles III attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Jordan Pettitt/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s Kate, Princess of Wales, and Prince William stand in silence after attending a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and wife Victoria lay down flowers after attending a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and wife Victoria leave after attending a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer and wife Victoria leave after attending a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla leave after attending a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Princess of Wales attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey in London on the 80th anniversary of V-E Day, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Aaron Chown/Pool Photo via AP)
Great-great-grandson of Winston Churchill, Alexander Churchill, 10, lights the V-E Day 80th Candle of Peace during a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey in London on the 80th anniversary of V-E Day, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Aaron Chown/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s Kate, Princess of Wales, and Prince William attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Jordan Pettitt/Pool Photo via AP)
A general view of the Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey in London on the 80th anniversary of V-E Day, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Aaron Chown/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s Prince William and Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, right, look on as Kate, Princess of Wales lays flowers at the Innocent Victims’ Memorial, following a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Aaron Chown/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla lay flowers at the Innocent Victims’ Memorial, following a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Aaron Chown/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s Princess Anne leaves after attending a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Aaron Chown/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s Princess Anne lays down flowers after attending a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Britain’s King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince William and Kate, the Princess of Wales, attend the Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Julian Simmonds/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s Sophie the Duchess of Edinburgh, and Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh leave after attending a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
WW2 veteran Donald Rose, 110, poses for a photo at the National Memorial Arboretum, ahead of a memorial event hosted by the Royal British Legion to mark the 80th anniversary of V-E Day, in Alrewas, Staffordshire, England, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Jacob King/PA via AP)
Britain’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Lady Victoria Starmer attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey on V-E Day in London, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Jordan Pettitt/Pool Photo via AP)
Guests arrive for a concert to mark the 80th Anniversary of V-E Day at Horse Guards Parade, London, Thursday May 8, 2025. (Henry Nicholls/Pool via AP)

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