09-05-2025
Princess Anne visits Guernsey on Liberation Day
Princess Anne has visited Guernsey to attend commemorations marking the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Bailiwick.
The Princess Royal met with islanders who lived through the German occupation and heard stories from Liberation Day 80 years ago, amongst other events.
On Saturday, she will also visit Little Sark as part of its Liberation Day celebrations.
At a church service on Friday morning, she said: "I am delighted to return to Guernsey and thank you for inviting me to join you as you celebrate Liberation Day and remember those who lived through occupation or deportation."
In a speech, the Princess Royal told the crowds that The King sent his "warmest greetings" to the people of the islands.
King Charles also passed on his "fond memories" of the "wonderfully generous welcome" islanders gave when he visited Guernsey and Sark with Queen Camilla last year.
Winnie Keyho was six when the war ended.
Now 85, she met the Princess Royal and told her about the first time she saw chocolate.
Mrs Keyho said: "Food wise we were starving, we really were. We were so glad to see the Canadian food parcels.
"We'd never had chocolate in our life and there was chocolate in the parcels, so it was really lovely."
She also recalled crying herself to sleep when her father told her off for taking chewing gum from a German soldier.
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