article_snippet.sent: Instead, the service – to be attended by members of the Royal Family and senior political and military figures – will focus on the 'pan-European' implications of the battle and the century of peace that followed.
article_snippet.sent: Two hundred years on, it is ridiculous to spare the blushes of the French by not celebrating the battle for what it was.
article_snippet.sent: Will we ask France to apologise for the battle?'
article_snippet.sent: The service of commemoration, to take place on the 200th anniversary of Waterloo on June 18, will be the centrepiece of a series of events to mark the battle.
article_snippet.sent: The commemoration was highlighting the effect of the battle on Europe, not the military campaign or the battle. '
article_snippet.sent: The commemoration looks forward to the European harmony that followed The commemoration.'
article_snippet.sent: The commemoration was highlighting the effect of the battle (illustrated) on Europe, organisers said .