The Queen appeared emotional as a war veteran paid tribute to the "brave king" at a VJ Day memorial event following his cancer diagnosis.

The King and Camilla joined Sir Keir Starmer and 33 veterans aged 96-105 who served in the Far East and Pacific at a national service of remembrance in Staffordshire on Friday.

But when Yavar Abbas, who was a captain in the 11th Sikh Regiment, went on stage at the National Memorial Arboretum to read extracts from his diaries during his time in Burma in 1945, he also took a moment to go "off script".

Image: The King talks to war veteran Yavar Abbas. Pic: PA

Camilla looked at her husband sitting next to her and appeared to wipe away a tear as Mr Abbas, 105, originally from Lucknow in India, said: "I make no apologies for briefly going off the

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