21:30: Spotlights will light up the sky in Portsmouth to recall the experience of blackouts during the war.It will be her second televised message during the coronavirus outbreak after a rare speech to the nation last month 21:00: The Queen's pre-recorded address will be broadcast on BBC One. Seventy-five years ago crowds massed in the streets of Europe, singing and dancing as their leaders announced the end of six years of bloody war.The programme will culminate in the nation being invited to sing along to a rendition of wartime classic We'll Meet Again 20:00: Another BBC One special will feature Welsh soprano Katherine Jenkins, actor Adrian Lester and singer Beverley Knight, who will be performing some well-known songs from the 1930s and 40s.15:00: As Churchill's speech was broadcast, people were invited to stand up and raise a glass in a national toast, saying: "To those who gave so much, we thank you" VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day, on marked the formal acceptance of Nazi Germany’s surrender by Britain and its Allies following almost six years of brutal warfare during the.
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