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This Morning marks VE Day with touching change to iconic intro theme

This Morning paid tribute to VE Day today with a touching alteration to its iconic theme tune.

Instead of the usual music, the ITV daytime show had a live band playing to introduce the programme.

Fans enjoyed the intro, with one tweeting: "Loved the intro music today @thismorning @EamonnHolmes #VEDay2020 #ThisMorning."

Today, Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford presented the programme and he noticed out his wife's tribute to mark the day.

This Morning paid tribute to VE Day today with a live band playing the theme (ITV)
The programme thanked war heroes for their service (ITV)

Eamonn pointed out Ruth's red patterned dress, he said: "I must say, you're very appropriately coloured today."

"Yes, red, white and blue," she replied.

Earlier, Dr Hilary Jones also paid a poignant tribute to the heroes of today and those 75 years ago.

Hailing the today an "important day for everyone", he said: "VE Day. It's a day when everyone's feeling a bit more vulnerable themselves, feeling that their own life is threatened, to some extent, by this virus.

"We wouldn't have our lives and our liberty today without the sacrifices of the young 75+ years ago.

Dr Hilary paid a poignant tribute to the heroes of today and those 75 years ago (ITV)
GMB celebrated VE Day on the programme today (ITV)

"Heroes then and heroes today on the frontline fighting the virus, I think it's very important today that we actually do celebrate what has been achieved."

Dancing, singing and partying in the street has been a traditional way to celebrate May 8th ever since Churchill declared it a public holiday 75 years ago.

People make a VE sign with pebbles in front of the statue of soldier 'Tommy' (REUTERS)
Dr Hilary said that it was an 'important' day to celebrate (ITV)

However, under lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, doing so is not possible this year.

Yet there are other ways to celebrate the day, including a singalong of Dame Vera Lynn’s wartime classic, We’ll Meet Again - scheduled to take place just after 9pm, following the Queen’s special address to the nation.

The chorus will be led by 103-year-old Dame Vera Lynn herself from a window in her home in Sussex.

A two minute silence will be held at 11 am today, before the broadcast of Winston Churchill’s infamous victory speech which will be aired at 3pm.

*Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV

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