Young reporter TEARS UP at D-Day anniversary: 'Such an honour being here and hearing their stories'

[@matty2457]

A young woman reflecting many of our feelings!!!!!

[@margaretwaite7226]

​@@paddymcdoogle4025 if you were looking for the losers thread then you've lost . It's sad that you're not even a fraction of the man that those young troops were giving their lives .

[@paddymcdoogle4025]

@@margaretwaite7226 It's 2024, not 1945 MARGARET!!! The war was about conscription and forced DEATHS. You were an idiot to join the problem.

[@bigcrackerpants]

Her name is Pat

[@winstonchan5826]

Most sincere and touching indeed

[@paddymcdoogle4025]

@phoebecaulfield4062 ok sjw.

[@autismmonkey7416]

Love this lady showing such emotions brought a tear to my eye. GB NEWS you have a good one in Sophie

[@scroggins100]

They died for our freedom and we should never forget that or take our freedom for granted. Bless you Sophie.. x from an old vet.

[@truckerfromreno]

What freedom? If you say the wrong word you get arrested.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

@@truckerfromreno Let's send you to Iran or North Korea for a few years.

[@rafezetter8003]

Sophie is one of the few GenZ that get it, maybe they should all have to go there and see just the sheer number of UK men and some women that gave their lives for the freedoms they don't just take for granted, but actively ABUSE. Doing that would actually be a GOOD use of taxpayers money.

[@bushwhackeddos.2703]

Yeah Winning 🥇

[@adamknight7041]

Indeed but ironic that people who tune into GBN regularly and support Right-Wing political influencers such as Nigel Farage would want an open and welcoming society of multiculturalism to be abolished when it was that those war veterans sacrificed their lives for.

[@robertstrong6798]

Great idea I’ve been it takes your breath away left me feeling numb

[@robertstrong6798]

Been there too if that doesn’t make you cry your simply not human. My dad was a royal Scot’s guard 💂‍♀️ hardly ever showed emotion. That was too much for even him tiny shoes in a murder camp

[@audreyroche9490]

I'd say u online too much my son gen z nothing like what people are moaning about gen z people are moaning about come from Middle class backgrounds its an American crap online making out all gen z the same its stupid putting people in a box

[@unitysprings3631]

Dont forget folks, 850 small boats rescued over 330,000 allied troops from Dunkirk. Dig deep and fight for your country, even if you think youre too small to make a difference.

[@francescarose1453]

My uncle was involved in that. They were in a small fishing boat and ferried many soldiers back and forth across the English Channel. The journeys also were targeted by enemy fire. We owe them a great debt. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@pommiebears]

😢 Yes, I know this. What a wonderful comment.

[@deborah-hq7xe]

Yes, great comment. Thank you ❤

[@Rain-uc4ru]

Regrettably we've now had 330,000 small rubber boats arrive with "opportunists" ( Parasites instead of Paratroopers - Infesting rather than Liberating Europe ) I was at THIS actual site (RANVILLE) exactly 40-yrs ago, so I know the sacrifice I also know of 'Massey Shaw' & 'The Medway Queen' & those they lifted from Dk Those men made great sacrifices & TWO of my direct family fought the Germans ( B.E.F > Greece > CRETE > North Africa (Libya, Tunis) & Italy (8th Army, both) Angers me that MY nation has been 'given away' so cheaply in recent years Ironic too that I was born 1,200 yards from a Hawker Typhoon & Spitfire Mk.IX base

[@fionathomson4436]

How can anyone forget about Dunkirk

[@andrewcavanagh93]

Genuinely moving tribute by Sophie. Reporting at it's ultimate finest 🥲🙏

[@Scousefire]

Never watched GB News before, but the empathy and compassion shown by this young woman and the news presenter was genuine and heartfelt.

[@GLENN999-z3q]

This young lady is always good at reporting, she should be in the studio regular.

[@billweeks9606]

Finally. A young person whom gets it.

[@malcolmthompson8529]

What a lovely young reporter.

[@drhfuhruhurr4253]

Its so sad. These men fought for our country and way of life. Now we're just handing it all over to whoever can take it fastest.

[@onlineonlineaccount2368]

@drhfuhruhurr4253....You do know many Indians, Nigerians, Ghanians, West Indians also fought for the UK and sacrificed their lives for us. Yet sometimes i notice a high level of disrespect to people from the commonwealth in the UK. Even African Americans sacrificed themself for us, i know grandparents where helped by 2 African American gentlemen very nice and respectful they where. We have to respect the people who helped us aswell.

[@Jamie-uk2zh]

@@onlineonlineaccount2368I’d rather speak German than have my grandchildren speak Urdu

[@Rain-uc4ru]

^ @@Jamie-uk2zh = Well said Jamie = Millions like you & me I was there at 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 (THAT cemetary) 40-years ago & I remember....

[@kn3448]

@onlineonlineaccount2368 They didn't "sacrifice themselves for the UK". Their countries were at war as well and they simply did what was required of them to protect their homelands. How many from those nations were involved in the Battle of Britain? How many Nigerians or Ghanaians sat in a Spifire of Hurricane and rode fire from the Luftwaffe? They weren't defending or fighting for the UK. They were fighting for their own countries, as was everyone on the side of the Allies.

[@MikeHunt-s9m]

I’m not handing it over to nobody. And I’ll lay my life down for the cause of preservation the day it comes

[@AaRr-bn3xx]

My tears are falling with Sophie's as we all show our respects to the fallen and the survivors...

[@riarm5736]

A girl with great compassion and kindness. ❤❤❤

[@GregB419]

American here and i always tear up watching d day ceremonies. Great reporting

[@meredithmarino1030]

So glad to see the generation after me showing compassion and gratitude for the greatest generation.

[@deansmallwood4652]

Thank you Sophie, your tears represent the feelings of the nation.

[@Kingshieldwall]

Well done Sophie, love your pride and appreciation 👏

[@nrw34260]

Remember, you get your day on the beach, because of their day on the beach.

[@GLENN999-z3q]

@@grief1so disrespectful you are

[@KristianTDI]

@@grief1shut up 😂 you melt

[@madmelwood3778]

Too true

[@buddy6743]

So true!

[@kimclarke5018]

Well said….

[@annefagrew5807]

good to see a young woman with such feeling.

[@Aoife24601]

Sophie made me cry. My late dad was in thd Normandy Landimgs. It sas UTTERLY WONDERFUL. To see a young person aware of the sacrifice and moved by it. Beautiful to behold these days.

[@JeffKenny-i9s]

Sophie parents should be very proud of this young lady, she has a heart of gold

[@Rick-xp5sy]

We can’t let those who lost their lives or came back traumatised be forgotten, they made Britain free and gave us a great quality of life that most countries will never see or feel 🇬🇧

[@songsmith31a]

How rewarding = a very young woman clearly understanding the power of what was accomplished and at what cost! Totally appropriate and much appreciated.

[@Jamie-uk2zh]

What exactly was accomplished the veterans of D Day live in a country jammed with foreigners and ruled by foreigners their grandchildren might not be speaking German but they will soon be speaking Urdu and Arabic

[@aprilfox1057]

Ultimate professional. Great reporting Sophie.

[@robertlangley1664]

Don’t apologise you are doing a good job ,real Brits feel the same way

[@ashleyhulme4931]

It's good to see GB News has still got people who genuinely love their country and not out for their jobs like some of your presenters recently

[@Smudge5632]

Well said

[@susancocking2348]

A brilliant cover by this young lady we will remember them ❤🙏

[@Anastajia2005]

What a delight this young lady is. Too bad there are not more like her who can appreciate what those young men fought and died for to give us the freedom that some today take for granted.. Well done. I lost some family and I am happy that they are still being recognized for what they did. May we never forget!

[@bonnyvonny5182]

She was very natural and it was lovely to see her with the veterans giving her time and not rushing them like she had better things to do well done

[@Scouse90]

July 27th London be there! Let's honour these hero's who put the 'Great' in Great Britain 🏅🇬🇧❤️ and take our country back 💪

[@RSRP-y23]

We owe them our very existence. Thankyou for my life. Lest We Forget.

[@margaretwaite7226]

​@@grief1you're a loser .

[@sugarkane4830]

@@grief1And you’re a disrespectful Pratt.

[@pmarsh3700]

@@grief1No, just grateful for the sacrifice of these brave people.

[@pmarsh3700]

@@grief1Agree, but there will always be an aggressor in this World who wants to wage war against good. They need to be stopped and 80 years ago brave men and women stopped an aggressor, an enemy to the World. I am grateful for that enemy being stopped all those year back.

[@onlineonlineaccount2368]

@@pmarsh3700 You do know many Indians, Nigerians, Ghanians, West Indians also fought for the UK and sacrificed their lives for us. Yet sometimes i notice a high level of disrespect to people from the commonwealth in the UK. Even African Americans sacrificed themself for us, i know grandparents where helped by 2 African American gentlemen very nice and respectful they where. We have to respect the people who helped us aswell.

[@tennysonfordblackbird2087]

When you see all the graves I think I'd shed a tear😢😢😢

[@chrisbuster6947]

All those poor souls, if they could see what they died for now,, they didn't die for just freedom, they died to defend their country and way of life.

[@nevillewalker6299]

Very nice report Sophie, no disgrace in shedding a tear. It is a great shame this history is not taught in our schools. If those men and women had not fought and died then many of us would have had a very different life.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

As a late 90’s millIenials, I learned al ot about WW2 topics that my History teacher taught us. It’s just emotional and sadness. Those fallen soldiers who didn’t make it fought our future and freedom 😥🥲

[@Jane-rc2rk]

WW2 is taught in schools … this is the national curriculum challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day In addition to studying the Holocaust, this could include: (Examples) women’s suffrage the First World War and the Peace Settlement the inter-war years: the Great Depression and the rise of dictators the Second World War and the wartime leadership of Winston Churchill the creation of the welfare state Indian independence and end of Empire social, cultural and technological change in post-war British society Britain’s place in the world since 1945 IMHO we should be taking our young people to France to see the war graves … looking at the ages might make them appreciate life a bit more

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

@@Jane-rc2rk the Holocaust. Prefer no to talk about it cuz it' horrifying. Went for a school trip to a Concentration Camps and it's hell there. Bloody Scary

[@Jane-rc2rk]

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 yes it is … yet too many people want to say it didn’t happen.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

@@Jane-rc2rk There’s no words to descript that play. Even worse than just torture and Children weren’t spared either

[@stephenharfield781]

That’s why we must vote for the party that will give us our country back, not just for our sakes but to make sure these heroes didn’t die in vain. Love Sophie. ❤️

[@mwd331]

They didn’t die in vain. Farage and his nationalism plays on your completely justified emotional feeling around this topic, we won’t “get our country back”. It’s meaningless populist rhetoric. I promise he doesn’t have the answers.

[@billsavage1466]

Thank you for your service to all. All of you saved the world from a maniac❤️🇺🇲✌️

[@ProfessorM-he9rl]

Never to be forgotten. We all owe them so much, thank you Sophie for reporting.

[@NarayanKulkarni-mu2yp]

Thanks for your service sir and madam 🙏 👍 😊

[@hopesonhigh]

This young reporter expresses a sincere feeling of gratitude, things that most people at her age just take it for granted!! Well done GB News!

[@an-gw8nx]

She did a brilliant job reporting, I had a lump in my throat, if only more young people understood and respected what that generation done for us in the uk and the world, I drum it into my kids to never forget.

[@eanmeakin4618]

Real emotion you Only get from true British people and patriots.❤

[@El.Cid17]

I would think the sight of all those graves, puts the whole thing into perspective.

[@MikeArdington]

Bravery we will never see again

[@MikeArdington]

@phoebecaulfield4062 definitely

[@Bobmudu35UK]

She's the type of girl I want my son's to marry. I have to admit,her reaction choked me up! 🇬🇧

[@sarrhodes8277]

How wonderful that someone understands the sacrifices made that day the way this marvellous young woman does. There could not be a better person sent to report on it than someone who actually "gets" it. Great also, that back home the studio supported her too.

[@50sense50]

What a lovely young lady ❤

[@lt2750]

Absolutely beautiful to see the love and respect from both reporters! Love back to you all from a veteran.

[@mrs.herculepoirot7763]

The last time I saw a GB News reporter in tears was when Cameron Walker was reporting on the very dangerous two hour car chase the Harkles pretended they were in in NY. That was pathetic. Having been to Normandy as a young woman I remember falling to my knees in tears and gratitude for the sacrifices of these brave men. I so appreciate that this young lady understands it too. Good Bless these heroes, they saved the world for us.

[@Madonnalitta1]

It really hits you being there, doesn't it? Rows upon rows.. 😢 I'll never forget how small I felt realising the sacrifices made.

[@mrs.herculepoirot7763]

@@Madonnalitta1 I was nineteen when I was there and I remember being stunned at how many graves there were and how young they all were. I'm an old broad now but I will never forget how I felt that day and how unworthy I still feel for the sacrifices they made. I wish everyone could experience it like we did.

[@janetholden1978]

A young woman not afraid to show emotion whilst doing her job

[@ianlee487]

Thankyou sophie from a 2 para everyone a hero god bless them all

[@Paratus7]

Proof. Not all Gen Z’s are idiots. Well done Sophie.

[@scottfarley3644]

God Bless you Young Lady.

[@Captainval28]

I met a world war 2 veteran this year at my local supermarket and I was proud to know him, poor guy is now in hospital

[@leighlevene2603]

What an excellent young presenter.......She sure shines professionalism with heartfelt emotion. Worth her waiting gold. Thank you for bringing that report to us in the UK so we can share our upmost gratitude to ALL those who fought for freedom.

[@mltsr]

What an impressive young lady. Well done and thank you Sophie

[@johnwhale8316]

Wonderful to see such a heartfelt emotional report from Sophie. Real reporting.

[@MJ1919]

Thank you for getting it. For understanding, the sacrifice that helped us win the war. My grandad lost his life in the war. All my relatives that gave me my freedom. Bless them all ❤❤❤

[@ashleighcon]

It is heartening and hopeful that a young lady shows genuine emotion and respect. Hopeful in that because of people like you Sophie, we can be assured that this is never forgotten and will continue with pride long after the veterans are gone. Never apologise for feeling, it does you credit. Well done Sophie. From an old 30 year veteran x

[@b85382]

Sophie is such a great reporter and I hope she goes far in her career she has what a lot of others don’t she has a heart empathy compassion and a kind soul bless her and also you Martin tearing up now and again shows you are both human 🫶🏻🫶🏻

[@marksingleton3391]

The greatest heroes of history of this world never be forgotten

[@PJ1996-y5r]

People should show their emotions more she’s so amazing

[@rogerwilliams2902]

They all died for our freedom, but Im sure a lot of them are turning in their graves at the state of our once Gt Britain.

[@nicolasdavis8972]

The feat of one is the crime of another

[@sugarkane4830]

@@nicolasdavis8972What?

[@madmelwood3778]

Yep

[@francescarose1453]

They would not believe that we have given so much of our country away. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@rogerwilliams2902]

@@francescarose1453 Hello, youre so right !. They are probably thinking, ' why did we bother ' ?.

[@fitycalibre7555]

We thank you lot for your part in this undertaking. 🇺🇸🤝🏻🇬🇧

[@garethsmith6998]

Sophie you are a star ! You reported this with so much respect and feeling !

[@TMGold60]

Now she is the reporters that we need - not woke just telling the truth and with emotion

[@Fanackapan101-hh5el]

Imagine living for 80 of your one hundred years of life, with those memories …. We cannot possibly comprehend the horror……. Lest we forget and please God , we never do ❤❤❤❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

[@aarone9000]

Remembering heros like this should [always] been done! ❤

[@leewright9848]

I saw this live and Sophie had me going to. Thank you for your D Day reports Sophie. You were brilliant 😊

[@80sMod1]

Bless em all Lest We Forget also a lovely piece of Reporting from that young lady you don't often see that from news reporters 😢

[@thaiasiannews8503]

I would feel the same . Every time I went to honour the fallen soldiers at U N cemetery I always cried.

[@francescarose1453]

Well done Martin. Great respect shown for men who fought and died for our freedom. "We will remember them". 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@RichardYbnez]

This Reporter.Sophie U R Awesome .. ..And Yhank You. Richard

[@GeorgeSayers-fu6wo]

Present-day Britain with its multitudinous, disparate tribes could never raise such an army of patriotic, selfless, heroic men.

[@fraudebs8786]

Sadly, you are spot on 😢💔

[@onlineonlineaccount2368]

You do know many Indians, Nigerians, Ghanians, West Indians also fought for the UK and sacrificed their lives for us. Yet sometimes i notice a high level of disrespect to people from the commonwealth in the UK. Even African Americans sacrificed themself for us, i know grandparents where helped by 2 African American gentlemen very nice and respectful they where. We have to respect the people who helped us aswell.

[@andriannaclarke8414]

💜🙏total respect 🙏

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Thank you for your excellent reporting, Sophie. Respect to how you describe the gravestones we see as "only a fraction of what's really here."

[@elaine8417]

❤ Sophie

[@LorraineCrook]

Fantastic reporting from Sophie👍🏻 so refreshing to see some human reaction and emotion 👍🏻 well done 👏 ❤

[@jamesglennie7911]

Very lovely tribute from her. My dad would have been there as he landed on a sword Beach on D Day but is a bit too frail for the journey now, He is getting interviewed by everyone just now from the BBC and STV here in Aberdeen, newspapers as well. All he keeps saying is do I have to wear my medals. He is centre of attraction tomorrow with laying wreaths etc. He is our family and my hero.

[@francescarose1453]

Much respect to your father - a very special man. Many of my family fought in the second World War. Two were fishermen from Lybster, Caithness. One rescued soldier's from Dunkirk. We owe them a great deal .🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@Kari_B61ex]

We must never forget them and what many lost their lives for. Freedom and democracy. Lest we Forget.

[@alexanderhall1917]

True emotions which we should all have for all, especially those that didn't come back. Sophie Reaper best reporter at GB News. Well done darling.

[@Tom_murray89]

I went to Normandy and that cemetery it was so emotional being there

[@MiksaMeeks]

My Dad raised all 7 of his children to respect the Greatest Generation and everything sacrificed by so many. Here in the US, it is rare that D-Day is mentioned and it's a travesty.

[@asquare9316]

Some would rather celebrate "Pride Month". Those who fought on D-Day had real pride.

[@jamiecoons6690]

We need more true reporting like this, you can feel her emotions/energy! We must NEVER FORGET!

[@d.d.4703]

An uncle got shot in the leg on the beaches. He was 18. It is depressing that most young people have no knowledge of what we are commemorating. But, they will know everything about Mary Seacole, Windrush and slavery. As for most immigrants, well l have no expectations.

[@Andy-Capp]

Well done Sophie. I’m so proud of you for showing the respect for these heroes. A young person who understands what our country stands for.

[@luketimewalker]

From France, eternal gratitude to these men - and their families 💙💙🤍🤍❤❤ And what a lovely lass.

[@Steve-bo6ht]

That was such a genuine heartfelt reflection on just what happened on D-Day and the sacrifice they made

[@BAYBAY_316]

Thank you Maam. From an American I really appreciate your respect for the soldiers that gave all.

[@LweissTTU]

As an American, I so appreciate the sacrifice the men of the allies did on that day. It is refreshing, and touching, to see a young woman get emotional over what it means to her. I wish our countries would remember the sacrifices people have made in the name of freedom

[@johnmchale6667]

You rock Sophie,thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@matthewrowe9903]

Glad these events so far beyond our lives can still get a reaction, it should every life lost hurts every lie that is told about them today hurts tenfold

[@frankdavis5321]

God bless them all

[@dand4323]

These boys gave me almost 25 years, my grandfather, which I can ever repay you, but I am so thankful that I got to leave those days with him and cherish him even until his last breath so thank you boys for saving the world and for us to be able to enjoy our family members as long as we did. You guys rock!

[@GeorgeSayers-fu6wo]

At Victoria railway terminus, SW1 on the Saturday of a march down Pall Mall, remembering so vividly the veterans milling around before going off to celebrations for the 50th anniversary of D-Day in 1994. Now, of course, such a march would be impossible.

[@nigelknight6688]

Bless her real emotion shown & respect very moving❤

[@cccumberr572]

Different breed of men and women, thank you❤

[@rje888]

A very moving report by an excellent young reporter, she conveyed fully the emotion we all feel at these events.

[@North-of-the-49th]

Sophie 💙 from 🇨🇦. Lest We Forget 🙏.

[@AnnalaViola-qb6zw]

They must always be remembered and honoured for what they did for us. God bless them 🙏 ❤

[@mrs.m.pennycuick7876]

Lovely young reporter! Genuine respect!