In Pictures: VE Day 80

The day started on Portobello Beach with a pipers lament from Louise Marshall, Scotland’s National Piper. Other events include a service of thanksgiving at Glasgow Cathedral, with guests including representatives from the military, veterans' organisations, emergency services and religious groups. Secretary of State for Scotland, Ian Murray was at the Lady Haig Poppy Factory in Edinburgh, where he met veterans. The Scotsman visited residents at Erskine Care Homes as the remembered VE Day. In Westminster Abbey, The King, the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales were among those gathered for a service of remembrance. The great-great-grandson of wartime prime minister Sir Winston Churchill Alexander Churchill , aged 10, lit a candle while young members of the congregation poignantly handed out white roses to Second World War veterans. Kate joined Camilla and other royals in laying flowers at the Innocent Victims' Memorial outside the abbey's West Door in tribute to all victims of war and oppression at the close of the proceedings. Charles and William then layed wreaths of seasonal flowers which would have been in bloom in May 1945 at the Grave of the Unknown Warrior.