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Monday, 9 May 2005, 19:25 GMT 20:25 UK

In pictures: The Royals in Jersey

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The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh arrived in Jersey to join islanders celebrating 60 years since being freed of Nazi occupation.

The Queen walks among the crowds

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Veterans of the occupation, including some of the more than 2000 islanders who were deported to camps by the Germans, had the chance to relay their stories to the Queen.

A Red Arrows flypast over St Helier, Jersey

A Red Arrows flypast over St Helier, Jersey

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The Red Arrows made their famously stylish contribution to the celebrations, over St Helier, Jersey.

The Queen

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The Royal couple had earlier attended a Liberation Day service at the Beau Sejour Centre in Guernsey, before unveiling a commemorative stone.

The Queen meeting a young child

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While in Jersey they looked in on a children's Liberation Day party, in time to cut the cake.

The Queen holding a bouquet of flowers

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Of their five-year occupation the Queen said: "None of us, young or old, should allow ourselves to forget the sacrifices and the suffering of those long years."

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