The overnight tidy-up starts the crowds have, mainly, drifted off home to pubs or hotels so I went for a wander to look at some flags on parliament square

𝐏𝕒𝕦𝕝 𝕊𝕒𝕪𝕤 🎙️    I saw the parade on Parliament Square and it seemed they bands were playing for the Tv crew & those at home. Barriers with just the odd Policeman & nil spectators. Those in attendance seem to have prioritised getting to the Mall for the flypasts. We are a fragmented nation now.

🇺🇦 Le défilé, auquel ont participé plus de 1 300 militaires du Royaume-Uni, des pays du Commonwealth, de l'OTAN et de l'Ukraine, s'est déroulé de Parliament Square jusqu'au palais de Buckingham.👍

VE events today include National - Military parade of 1,300 personnel from Parliament Square to Buckingham Palace, reviewed by King Charles III RAF flypast of Spitfires, Lancaster, Red Arrows over Buckingham Palace Royal tea party for Veterans hosted by King and Queen at the

Allison Pearson many more turned up…places round Parliament Square were deliberately reined off from crowds while the troops gathered.

On the 9th of May, the day of Europe, we will march from the Parliament of Georgia to the square of Europe! ✊🇬🇪🇪🇺

1,300 members of the Armed Forces, uniformed services and youth groups paraded from Parliament Square, up Whitehall to Buckingham Palace 🤩 #VEDay is a tribute to the Greatest Generation and a reminder of our duty to protect the peace they won for us all.

Our Torch for Peace at the VE Day 80 procession in London! Our Torch was presented to veteran Alan Kennett, who will turn 101 at the end of this month. The procession then started at Parliament Square. #VE80 #VDay80 #VJ80 #Victory80

The troops gathered and formed up in Parliament Square in readiness for the parade. #VEday80

It was the turn of Australian Hindus in Adelaide on 4 May 2025 to protest against the #PahalgamTerrorAttack . The protest commenced with a march from Victoria Square to Parliament House, South Australia. The event was supported by a broad cross-section of Hindu organisations and

A brass band playing in Parliament Square, is that it? #VEDay80

Nice to see Parliament Square full of patriots instead of anti British mobs. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

Jegs MacLaren Helen Joyce When the rulingv will be challenged, we will have a conversation. We will cross that bridge as we get there. If you don't like Helen's tone, that's too bad. I also didn't like seeing some dodgy looking blokes in frocks turning Parliament Square into an open air urinal, so...

Great to see Ukrainian contingent representing our wartime Soviet allies on the #VEDay80 parade in Parliament Square...

Lucy Worsley Such wonderful uniforms and colours on duty today in Parliament Square on VE Day! I wish I could have been there Are you watching from a side of the Thames?

Nother Alex Fergusson Fella (again; v3) 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇦 Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 They have just lined up in Parliament Square, ready to mass march to Buckingham Palace 💙💛