VE Day LIVE: Royal expert spots Princess Anne's beautiful tribute to late Queen

On Monday 5, the, skies over central London were painted red, white and blue as the Royal Air Force's Red Arrows soared over the capital for the flypast.

Alongside the Red Arrows, 23 military aircraft including current and historic military planes such as a Voyager transport aircraft, a P8 surveillance aircraft as well as Typhoon and F-35 fighter jets flew over The Mall and Buckingham Palace following a military procession.

The Royal Family watched from the balcony, as thousands of Brits gathered in the streets.

There will be over 780 VE Day activites and events across the UK and Commonwealth, according to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport's VE-VJ Day wesbite.

National and local events will be taking place throughout the week, which can be found on the government's interactive map here.

VE Day, short for Victory in Europe Day, commemorates the end of World War Two in Europe.

On May 8, 1945, then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced Germany's surrender, officially ending the war in Europe.

The United Kingdom will mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day on Thursday.

On Monday, the Royal Family joined Second World War veterans to watch the military procession and flypast. The King and Queen then hosted a Tea Party for veterans and members of the Second World War generation at Buckingham Palace.

Tuesday

- The Queen will view a new display of ceramic poppies at The Tower of London.

Thursday

- The Royal Family will attend a Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey.

- The King and Queen will attend a live celebratory concert from Horse Guards Parade.

Click here to read more about what the Royal Family will be doing this week.

Historic landmarks will be illuminated tonight from 9pm, shining bright throughout the evening.

Eighty-three monuments, buildings and attractions across the UK will be lit up, glowing red, white and blue.

This includes London bridges, such as London and Millennium Bridge, as well as seafronts, such as in Blackpool and Weston-super-Mare.

Brits will be able to watch the lights on Sky News with live helicopter shots capturing the scenes.

Today, 30,000 ceramic poppies will be displayed in the Tower of London. The art installation originally featured in Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, an artwork created to mark the centenary of WW1 and included 888,246 poppies at the castle.

Royal Historic Palaces (RHP) said the poppies "will pour across the lawn overlooked by the ancient White Tower, where the blood-red flowers will form a crater, with ripples flowing outwards".

The public will be able to see a small section of the display for free from the footpath. However, a general admission ticket will be required to enter the Tower of London.

The exhibition will run until Armistice Day on 11 November.

Princess Anne channelled the late Queen’s VE Day outfit from 1945, wearing the military uniform with no decorations in honour of her position as Commandant-in-Chief of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal’s Volunteer Corps).

This was the same as her later mother, who donned the same outfit for the Buckingham Palace Balcony appearance on VE Day 80 years ago.

Good morning! Welcome to our live blog on the second day of VE Day celebrations. We'll bring you the latest updates throughout the day.