maguire at glasgow cathedral and anna o'reilly in scunthorpe, mark, we're going to start with you atrowd, the crowd gathering in numbers. >> now there's going to be a thousand invited guests. >> we're just going to show you some of the crowd here. >> very enthusiastic , listening >> very enthusiastic, listening to the music. there from the royal yeomanry. just so we're expecting the duke and duchess of edinburgh to arrive here shortly as well, along with other vips and senior military leaders for this event. so it is something that will, of course, like all of the other commemoration events that have been taking place here in the uk and across in normandy , be and across in normandy, be something that is incredibly moving. there are 26 veterans who will be here from the uk, the youngest amir, 96 years of age now , you might quickly be age now, you might quickly be doing your calculations and realise you could possibly have been a d—day veteran , as you'd been a d—day veteran, as you'd only have been 16 at the time. well, he actually altered the details on his ration book to ensure th