At a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, King Charles and Queen Camilla were brought to tears when Captain Yavar Abbas praised the "brave" monarch for coming amid his cancer treatment.

Queen Camilla wept today after a veteran mentioned the king’s cancer. The moment, broadcast live on the BBC, came when 105-year-old Captain Yavar Abbas—who served in the 11th Sikh Regiment of the 14th Army—set aside his prepared VJ Day remarks to salute the king,

Queen Camilla was visibly moved at a VJ Day memorial ceremony on Friday as a 105-year-old war veteran paid an emotional, unscheduled tribute to King Charles’s ongoing cancer treatment. The King and Queen joined Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and 33 veterans, aged between 96 and 105, who served in the Far East and Pacific.