when those celebrating their 100th birthday or 60th wedding anniversary were sent a telegram of good wishes from the King. Thousands of birthday and wedding anniversary cards are sent from ...

Normandy veteran Mervyn Kersh enjoys a drink as he reads his birthday card from the King during a surprise party for his 100th birthday at the Union Jack Club in London (Jordan Pettitt/PA ...

A D-Day veteran has thanked the King and Queen for their card at his surprise 100th birthday party. Mervyn Kersh arrived in Normandy aged 19, three days after the start of the D-Day invasion in ...