BRITAIN will come to a standstill today to mark Victory in Europe Day with a spectacular show of patriotism and pageantry on the cards.
The huge 2025 celebrations are, as it marks 80 years since the end of the Second World War.
Thousands will flock to central for the VE80 parade, and heartwarming royal appearances as the nation salutes our WW2 heroes.
Street parties and tea parties will be held all over the UK, including on HMS in London as celebrations begin on Bank Holiday Monday.
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about today’s special events.
At 11.30am all eyes will be on Square, where 1,300 troops, cadets, and horses will begin a march of honour through Whitehall, past Admiralty Arch, and down The Mall to .
RAF hero Alan Kennett, 99, will carry the symbolic Torch for Peace, leading the way for a moving civilian procession.
, , and the Prince and Princess of Wales will take their place on a grandstand outside the Memorial, joined by proud veterans.
The public are welcome to follow behind and line the route to cheer them on.
The skies will roar to life at 1.45pm as 24 aircraft, including a Lancaster bomber, Dakota, and the iconic Red Arrows, fly over London in a breathtaking salute.
Military aircraft, including the Voyager aircraft, a P8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft, Typhoon, and F-35 fighter jets, will also be involved in the flypast, as well as historic Second World War-era aircraft.
The flypast will reach The Mall and Buckingham Palace at around 1.45pm.
All eyes on the Buckingham Palace balcony, where the royals will appear for the traditional wave to the nation.
But you do not have to be in London to catch a glimpse.
The planes are due to go over parts of , , , Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire.
The flypast route has been split into zones, each with a time slot when airspace is restricted.
Inside the palace, the King, Queen, William and Kate will host a heartfelt tea party for Royal British Legion veterans in the elegant Marble Corridor at 2pm.
At 4pm, which fired some of the opening shots in the sea battle off Normandy, now moored on the River Thames near Tower Bridge, is holding a VE tea party onboard, hosted by the Imperial War Museum.
Marking the end of the war
always falls on May 8 every year, the same date as the end of WW2 which came to a close after six years.
The war ended after Grand Admiral Donitz of thesurrendered to the allied forces, with Hitler having committed suicide a week earlier.
After, the allies had turned their fortunes around with the huge allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 and the offensives led by the USSR.
Upon hearing the news that, crowds rushed into the streets across the UK to celebrate the new peacetime.
50,000 people flooded into, waving flags, dancing and singing songs.
Bothand King George VI paid tribute to the soldiers who had “laid down their lives”; during the war, while the made eight public appearances during the day.
The two young princesses – theand– even slipped out to join the crowds themselves.
Similar parties took place across , though the fighting continued in Asia until September 2, 1945, when.
