D-Day veterans gather on HMS Belfast

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HMS Belfast
Wednesday 6 June 2012 at 2:23pm

Veterans of the 1944 D-Day landings have gathered on HMS Belfast. Credit: London Tonight.

Veterans of the 1944 D-Day landings have gathered on HMS Belfast.

They're attending a special lunch onboard to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the 68th anniversary of the landings in Normandy.

The iconic ship played an active part in the Second World War.

Piers Hopkirk reports.