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99 year old Honorary OF is interviewed on BBC by HM The Queen

Wednesday 07 May 2025

by Chris Essex

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99 year old Honorary OF is interviewed on BBC by HM The Queen

On Monday 5 May 2025 the BBC marked the first day of the VE Day 80 celebrations with live coverage of a special military procession taking place in London.

It also featured various interviews including a wonderful interview by HM Queen with Douglas Cracknell (Hon OF) at Clarence House.

Here’s a link to the programme and the interview with Douglas is after 2 hours and 51 minutes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002bw88/ve-day-80-the-nation-pays-tribute

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