BBC Breakfast faced a huge shake-up during the latest episode of the morning show.
Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt were back on presenting duty on Thursday (June 7) and woke up the nation with the latest news headlines from across the globe.
However, they both weren’t in the studio as usual for a special reason. As Naga appeared on the famous red sofa like normal, Charlie reported live from location at Ver-Sur-Mer in Normandy, France to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
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Charlie told viewers: “Let’s give you a sense of the events that are coming up for the rest of the day today. Events remembering D-Day will continue. We’ll be ending our coverage here on Breakfast a little earlier at 8.30am this morning, thats when our colleagues on BBC One.”
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He continued: “In terms on of the timeline, we know the King and Queen will join veterans for the first ever national commemoration here at the British Normandy Memorial. The British Memorial here near the village of Ver-Sur-Mer pays tribute to the more than 22,000 service men and women under British command who fell on D-Day in the battle of Normandy in the Summer of 1944.”
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It comes after Breakfast went underwent a presenter shake-up earlier this week following the death of rugby legend and close friend of the show Rob Burrow after his four-and-a-half year battle with MND.
Loyal fans tuned for the first instalment of the week on Monday (June 3) expecting to see Jon Kay and Sally Nugent but BBC bosses were forced to make a last minute call to another broadcaster to step in for the raven-haired beauty.
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Weekend host Sarah Campbell stood in for the mum-of-one alongside her colleague Jon. Despite her absence, the usual presenter shared a heartbreaking post on Instagram to the late rugby league legend Rob Burrow.
The sportsman sadly passed away at the age of 41 following his four-and-a-half year battle with motor neuron disease on Sunday (June 2). Sally worked closely with the rugby player and his family as he documented his health shortly after his diagnosis back in 2019.
Later on in the show, Sally appeared on the famous sofa where her co-stars interviewed her about her relationship with the sports star. She struggled to fight back tears as she shared Rob’s love for his young family and his sheer determination to fight the terminal condition as long as he could.
BBC Breakfast airs daily on BBC One at 6am
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