Buckingham Palace has repeatedly made it clear that it was important to participate in celebrations of Queen, but the French side finally dispelled any hopes of this account, saying that he never planned to invite Elizabeth II.
The primary will be the US-French celebration with the participation of President Nicolas Sarkozy and Barack Obama. The main event will be held in the town of Sainte-Mer-Egliz (St Mere Eglise) - he became the first city which was liberated by American paratroopers - as well as on the coast "Utah."
Of the British officials to celebrate the 65 th anniversary of D-Day was invited to only the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, but he is not likely to be present at the meeting place of the traditional British veterans Arramansh town, where the landing of British troops.
As for its part, notes The Daily Mail, that the French authorities did not invite Elizabeth II in celebration on the landing in Normandy, could be an insult to the memory of 17,556 British and 5,316 Canadian soldiers who died during the operation and buried in France.
In France itself around events around the day of "D" is also popular uprising in the scandal. The celebration will be held June 6, the eve of elections to the European Parliament. Political opponents of Sarkozy's view, his presence and speech at the celebrations, which will be widely publicized in the media as indirect campaigning for the last pre-day, which is prohibited by law.
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