One of the RAF Red Arrows experienced a bird strike on the way to a flypast on Friday. The aerobatic display team were headed to the National Memorial Arboretum, near Lichfield, Staffordshire, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, when the strike happened.

Britain's King Charles on Friday released a message commemorating the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, which marks the Allied victory over Japan and the end of World War Two, reflecting on current conflicts and warning that the cost of war reaches far beyond battlefields.

King Charles and Queen Camilla are remembering the 80th anniversary of VJ Day. On Aug. 15, the King, 76, and Queen, 78, stepped out to attend a national Service of Remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum on the 80th anniversary of VJ (Victory over Japan) Day.

A seaside town stepped back in time on Saturday as it marked the anniversary of VJ Day, or Victory over Japan Day. On the exact spot of the former railway station in Clevedon, North Somerset, from which people would have left to serve in World War Two, a display of restored military vehicles and equipment was gathered.

It's not every day a 105-year-old war veteran commends your bravery, but that's exactly what occurred today when, according to Hello!, Yavar Abbas saluted "my brave King," King Charles II, for being at the VJ Day remembrance service amid his battle with cancer.

At the dinner table, dad regularly would tell us about things he did and saw as a signalman aboard the USS Wasatch.

The royals came together to honor the British and Commonwealth troops who fought in WWII, but Prince William and Kate were notably absent.

King Willem-Alexander had paid a touching tribute to VJ Day heroesOn Friday, August 15, the monarch stepped out to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day.The National Memorial Foundation organizes an annual commemoration for all

Victory over Japan Day is marked each year on 15 August - the date in 1945 when Japan surrendered to the Allied forces and World War Two ended.

Veterans of the appalling conflict in the Far East in World War Two gathered for a poignant ceremony of remembrance marking the day fighting came to an end 80 years ago