'It was a mistake': Rishi Sunak apologises after skipping international D-Day ceremony

He has come under intense criticism after it emerged he missed the event with fellow world leaders to head back to the UK for a TV interview

Mr Sunak attended the UK national event at Portsmouth on Wednesday and then the British ceremony in Normandy on Thursday, the anniversary of the allied landings on D-Day. Picture: PA

Rishi Sunak has apologised after skipping a major international ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day in order to carry out a TV interview for the UK's upcoming general election.

Mr Sunak said “it was a mistake” not to stay in France for the international event after he had attended the earlier British ceremony in Normandy.