It's not every day a 105-year-old war veteran commends your bravery, but that's exactly what occurred today when, according to Hello!, Yavar Abbas saluted "my brave King," King Charles II, for being at the VJ Day remembrance service amid his battle with cancer.

THE King has hailed the “courage and camaraderie” of heroes who fought in the Pacific and Far East after arriving at a service marking the 80th anniversary of VJ Day. Appearing today

In times of war and in times of peace, the greatest weapons of all are not the arms you bear but the arms you link.'