Britain's Prince Charles (C) lowers his head during a moment of silence whilst attending a memorial service to commemorate the D-Day actions of the British 6th Airborne Division and the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion at the village of Bavent near the Normandy coast June 5, 2014. Some 3,000 veterans are among those attending ceremonies across the northern French coastline where Allied forces landed in the largest seaborne invasion in history to help speed up the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. REUTERS/Toby Melville (FRANCE - Tags: CONFLICT ANNIVERSARY POLITICS ROYALS)