Queen Camilla Was in Tears After 105-Year Old Veteran Went Off Script Honoring King Charles During VJ Day

It's not every day a 105-year-old war veteran commends your bravery, but that's exactly what occurred today when, according to Hello!, Yavar Abbas saluted "my brave King," King Charles II, for being at the VJ Day remembrance service amid his battle with cancer. The moment, appropriately, brought Queen Camilla to tears.

VJ Day stands for Victory of Japan, the day when Japan surrendered—three months after Germany—bringing six years of the Second World War, finally, to an end. According to the BBC, "An estimated 71,000 soldiers from Britain and Commonwealth countries died fighting Japan, including more than 12,000 prisoners of war who died in Japanese captivity." Today, 80 years later, VJ Day pays tribute to all who sacrificed their lives and served in the war.

We don't see members of the British Royal Family stirred to tears in public often, but the moment was rife with emotion. Following both a moment of silence and a pre-recorded taping from Charles delivering a powerful tribute to those who fought in the Pacific and Far East theater (above), Abbas, who served in the 11th Sikh regiment of the British Indian Army, read an excerpt from his war diaries.

He then went "off script" to acknowledge King Charles's bravery and their shared fight against cancer: "My brave king, who is here with his beloved queen in spite of the fact that he is under treatment for cancer, an ailing that I share with him—and if it provides any comfort—of which I've been rid for the past 25 years."

No wonder Queen Camilla got teary-eyed.