21.   Later Monday, Queen Elizabeth II would attend commemorative ceremonies with veterans at Arromanches, where the D-Day floating harbour was constructed after being towed across the Channel.

22.   Peper imposed the ban to avoid disrupting a commemorative ceremony for the World War II Dutch resistance movement under German occupation.

23.   Rismanto said a commemorative ceremony was to be held at the Santa Cruz cemetery on Tuesday.

24.   The former king, who is living in exile in Switzerland, said Monday he was declining an invitation by opposition parties to attend the commemorative ceremonies.