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Update Time : Thursday, June 18, 2020
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 25: Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street for PMQ's on March 25, 2020 in London, England. British parliament will be suspended tonight due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19. It had previously been scheduled to break for Easter on March 31; it will tentatively sit again on April 21. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to at least 182 countries, claiming over 18,000 lives and infecting hundreds of thousands more. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Four French Resistance fighters will be awarded honorary MBEs for their role in World War Two as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomes Emmanuel Macron to Downing Street.

The French president is visiting London on Thursday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of wartime leader Charles de Gaulle’s BBC broadcast to occupied France after the 1940 Nazi invasion.

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will also meet Mr Macron, BBC reported.

Mr Johnson paid tribute to the “courage and sacrifice” of the fighters.

The four men – Edgard Tupet-Thome, 100, Daniel Bouyjou-Cordier, 99, Hubert Germain, 99, and Pierre Simonet, 98 – are surviving members of the Order of Liberation, an honour given by France to those who played an outstanding role in setting France free.

Their MBEs will be presented at a ceremony in France in the coming months.