You can't have it both ways. Either you want public support and recognition or you don't. The Sun has the greatest circulation of any newspaper and thus any support it gives has to be of value.
I watched the whole thing with my family and all thought it was emotional and a good event. The vast majority of winners had already received a significant bravery award and it was good the hear their stories again.
On uniforms it was interesting. The Royal Princes were dressed exactly right, it was the likes of Lord West and Gen Daannatt I couldn't quite fathom out. LW, as a government Minister should have been in civvies, and Dannatt as Gov of Tower of London surely should have been in uniform?
But overall I would have thought the stars that attended would have found the soldiers, sailors and airmen they sat next to inspiring, and probably vice versa.