{"id":242215,"date":"2025-05-09T00:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T23:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ve-day-colin-thackerys-emotional-hymn-on-boat-that-carried-churchills-coffin-as-nation-remembers\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T00:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T23:04:45","slug":"ve-day-colin-thackerys-emotional-hymn-on-boat-that-carried-churchills-coffin-as-nation-remembers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ve-day-colin-thackerys-emotional-hymn-on-boat-that-carried-churchills-coffin-as-nation-remembers\/","title":{"rendered":"VE Day: Colin Thackery&#8217;s emotional hymn on boat that carried Churchill&#8217;s coffin as nation remembers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/0vTJ2bNU_Mg\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"VE Day: Colin Thackery's emotional hymn on boat that carried Churchill's coffin as nation remembers\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0vTJ2bNU_Mg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, veteran Colin Thackery sung an emotional rendition of the hymn &#8216;I Vow To Thee My Country&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>He was taken out on the River Thames on The Havengore, the boat that carried Sir Winston Churchill&#8217;s coffin at his state funeral.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Thackery achieved fame as the winner of the 2019 series of &#8216;Britain&#8217;s Got Talent&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p>The 95-year-old is a Chelsea pensioner and served in the Korean War.<\/p>\n<p>There have been events across the UK this week to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe &#8211; known as VE Day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follows ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, veteran Colin Thackery sung an emotional rendition of the hymn &#8216;I Vow To Thee My Country&#8217;. 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