It's not every day a 105-year-old war veteran commends your bravery, but that's exactly what occurred today when, according to Hello!, Yavar Abbas saluted "my brave King," King Charles II, for being at the VJ Day remembrance service amid his battle with cancer.

In words echoed by his grandfather, King George VI, King Charles has acknowledged the service and sacrifice of those who fought and died in the Second World War.

King Charles paid a heartfelt tribute to war heroes in his powerful VJ Day speech. The monarch recorded an audio message to remember the precious lives lost after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima