Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip will be travelling to France next week.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip will be travelling to France next week for a rare foreign trip to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.
The 88-year-old monarch and her husband, 92, will visit Normandy and Paris to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion and honour those who sacrificed their lives.
Buckingham Palace confirmed the royal couple were invited by French President Francois Hollande to visit the country between June 5 and June 7.
There are planned parades, concerts, parachute jumps and other events to remember the 156,000 troops who fought in Normandy on June 6, 1944, when the Queen was just 18.
Goverment sources in Paris have previously confirmed 16 heads of state would be invited to the events, including American President Barack Obama and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron.
The queen did not receive an invite to the 65th anniversary of the landings on Sword Beach, which reportedly caused outrage among war veterans.
The royal served as a mechanic in the Auxiliary Transport Service during the war while the prince was lieutenant in the British navy.
Elizabeth's last state visit to France was in 2004, which is the same year she attended the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
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