Prince Charles led Britain in marking the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe day on Sunday, as thousands gathered across the country to celebrate the end of World War Two, Reuters reported. Charles joined war veterans and hundreds of members of the public to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph, the national war memorial, to commemorate VE day which was proclaimed on May 8, 1945. Parades, street parties and church services were also held across Britain. In London, hundreds of former servicemen and their families gathered at the Cenotaph in Whitehall to observe a two minute silence. The Prince's new wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, watched the service from a nearby balcony in her first major state occasion since their wedding. Commemorations to mark the end of the war that cost at least 50 million lives worldwide were also taking place in Berlin, Paris and Washington. U.S. President George W. Bush attended a ceremony at the U.S. cemetery at Margraten near the southern Dutch city of Maastricht to pay tribute to the allied soldiers who died to free Europe from Nazi Germany. --more 2135 Local Time 1835 GMT
