CUTS FOR STORY NUMBER 45997 - Outside Houses of Parliament. Royal Procession arrives. Guard of Honour (Grenadier Guards) presents arms. Trumpeter announces departure of Royal party. Grenadier Band strike up the National Anthem. Guards officer shouting orders to Guards. Royal Party leave in open landau, Princesses in closed landau. Shots of procession in Whitehall, entering Horse Guards.

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Mr Attlee broadcast at midnight the news that victory over Japan was complete. VJ Day coincided with the Royal Opening of Parliament and the King and Queen's drive to Westminster began the two days of celebrations. ® ® Crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace waiting to cheer their sovereign and kept themselves entertained by singing. ® ® At night floodlighting and bonfires lit up the skies of London and the rejoicing continued.