A great-grandmother who partied outside Buckingham Palace on VE Day says people will "never understand" what the day was like. Margaret Johns, 99, was working as a nurse in London when Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies, ending almost six years of conflict in Europe, on 8 May 1945.

The Royal Family - including King Charles and Queen Camilla - will commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day with a series of scheduled engagements this week.

The King and the Royal family watched Second World War airplanes and the Red Arrows fly over Buckingham Palace to mark VE Day. The King and Queen were joined on the balcony by the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children for the overhead display.