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Ellie Crabbe

EXPLAINED: Timothy spall to open ve day 80 celebrations with churchill speech | Rare Historical Photos

Actor Timothy Spall will read extracts of Winston Churchill’s victory speech from 1945 - (PA Archive)

Actor Timothy Spall will open VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations in London on Monday when he recites some of Winston Churchill’s victory speech from 1945.

The 68-year-old, whose roles include playing Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter film series, will read extracts from the speech in which Churchill told Britons “This is not victory of a party or of any class.

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