French resistance anniversary marked in London

A Eurostar train is emblazoned with images of Charles de Gaulle and other wartime French figures at the Gare du Nord railway station in Paris Photograph: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Francois Guillot/guardian.co.uk French war veterans arrive at St Pancras station in London Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/guardian.co.uk The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and wife Carla Bruni arrive at BBC Broadcasting House in London to mark the 70th anniversary of de Gaulle's radio broadcast Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA Photograph: Lewis Whyld/guardian.co.uk Under the eyes of their hero, French war veterans disembark from a Eurostar train at St Pancras Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/guardian.co.uk French World War II veterans arrive in London by specially chartered Eurostar Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Carl Court/guardian.co.uk Emile Chaline, 78, who was a vice-admiral under de Gaulle, takes a salute Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Carl Court/guardian.co.uk A warm welcome Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Carl Court/guardian.co.uk Proud veterans display their medals Photograph: CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: CARL COURT/guardian.co.uk Prince Charles joins Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni, as they lay a wreath at the statue of Charles de Gaulle in London. De Gaulle was honoured for spurring the Free French resistance movement with his broadcast from London on 18 June 1940. He said: "Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished." Photograph: Ian Gavan/Getty Images Photograph: Ian Gavan/guardian.co.uk French soldiers stand guard as Nicolas Sarkozy lays a wreath at the statue of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on the Mall in London Photograph: Daniel Deme/EPA Photograph: Daniel Deme/guardian.co.uk The prime minister David Cameron and wife Samantha with President Nicolas Sarkozy and wife Carla Bruni outside Downing Street Photograph: FAcundo Arrizabalaga/EPA Photograph: FAcundo Arrizabalaga/guardian.co.uk The Camerons and the Sarkozys enter Downing Street Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/guardian.co.uk Carla Bruni and Samantha Cameron lead their husbands to lunch inside 10 Downing Street Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/guardian.co.uk Sarkozy and Cameron meet Chelsea pensioners Photograph: Akira Suemori/Getty Images Photograph: Akira Suemori/guardian.co.uk