Wasn't Churchill on HMS Belfast, watching events? I think he was, or at least he planned to be, along with George VI.
I can't quite see today's equivalent politicians doing the same thing.
The recent BBC programme on putting today's kids through a sampling of the D-Day experience was interesting. It showed that beneath the backward baseball hats, the same spirit still exists, it just needs some digging out.
Anyway, my thanks go to those who did their duty 60 years ago.
Mark