While celebrations continue into the evening that is it for our coverage.

You can read more about today's events in Jersey and in Guernsey.

We also have a background article on what happened in the Channel Islands during World War Two.

Read about the legacy of the German's massive building programme and hear personal stories from islanders who lived through the war years.

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• One occupation survivor has written a poem about her experience and hopes
• Messages from the King - both islands were sent messages with Jersey's Lieutenant-Governor Vice Admiral Jerry Kyd sharing King Charles' memories of previous visits
• The Princess Royal has been in Guernsey visiting events across the island including inspecting the parade
• Tortoise that lived through occupation takes part in cavalcade
• Man born in Jersey on Liberation Day returns to mark 80th

Islanders gathered across both islands to mark Liberation Day.

Marion Rossier, from Jersey, was five years old when the war ended and wanted to share her memories of 1945.

She put out a Facebook post inviting people to join her for a tea party: "I wanted to do something that was very basic, a sharing opportunity - I was amazed with the response.

"Days like these bring people who are not here with us today closer and I hope that it helps with people's emotions."

She added: "Memories stay with you always, memories of being hungry - it was normal to us at the time."

Living History re-enactors have replicated the Landing of Force 135 in Guernsey on 9 May 1945.

The troops were greeted by crowds lining the harbourside as they had done 80 years before.

As the day of events come to a close, here's some more highlights from today.

Guernsey school children Daisy and Tilly told the BBC they have gone "overboard with glitter" painting their faces for Liberation Day.

When the Germans surrendered in May 1945 most of the soldiers stationed in Jersey were shipped away to prison camps in Britain.

They left behind countless objects as a reminder of their five years of occupation.

Graeme Delanoe is a collector of Occupation artefacts and concealed behind two reinforced doors at his home is a garage full of German military gear and Allied equipment including a German officer's toilet.

More than 170 military vehicles took part in the Guernsey Liberation Day cavalcade.

Nearly 60 vintage cars and 35 tractors took part and nearly 40 floats had been put together by different groups.

More than 300 people were involved in the pedestrian part of the cavalcade that went from Salerie Corner along the town seafront.

Winnie Keyho was six when the war ended.

Now 85, she met the Princess Royal and told her about the first time she saw chocolate.

Mrs Keyho said: "Food wise we were starving, we really were; we were so glad to see the Canadian food parcels.

"We'd never had chocolate in our life and there was chocolate in the parcels, so it was really lovely."

She also recalled crying herself to sleep when her father told her off for taking chewing gum from a German soldier.

Mrs Keyho only spoke Patois at the time - Guernsey's native language, a dialect of Norman French.

Her older brothers and sisters were evacuees, who when they returned to the island "only spoke English, so we treated them like foreigners... like they had no business being in the family".

Mrs Keyho said the five years of occupation were "absolutely awful".

"Only people who that experienced this know how awful it was," she said.

Eileen Lerche-Thomsen, who lived in St Ouen during the German Occupation, has written a poem to mark the 80th anniversary of Liberation Day.

She remembered German troops training in her family's garden and the impact their presence had on daily life.

Her memories are some of the those memorialised in the a legacy project.

The German Occupation of the Channel Islands during World War Two changed life in the islands and affected everyone.

The BBC and Guernsey Museums have partnered in The Island Memories Project - launched to capture memories of this key time in island life.

You can also read some of the stories here.

At about 15:00 BST, crowds gathered at Westmount to remember the slaves from Nazi-occupied countries who died in the island during World War Two.

The members of nine families descended from forced and slave workers also gathered to pay their respects.

In 1942, the Germans brought thousands of slave and forced workers from across Europe to the island to expand the defences.

All along the coast they laboured with concrete and steel to form walls that, 80 years later, protect Jersey from the storms which batter the island every year.

They were worked hard, to the point of exhaustion, and faced beatings and other punishments for even minor offences, and many of them did not survive the treatment they received., external

A selection of some of the best pictures from today's events.

The International Red Cross ship the SS Vega arrived in the Channel Islands on 30 December 1944.

The ship carried more than 119,000 standard food parcels to the islands on its first trip, and continued its vital supply missions throughout the German occupation and after the island's liberation in May 1945.

Speaking at a memorial for the ship's service, held in the Royal Square in St Helier, Jersey, Chief Minister Lyndon Farnham said: "This ship, though modest in size, holds enormous significance for us, especially for the many islanders here today whose families lived through the hardship and uncertainty of those occupation years."

David Pepiatt, from the International Red Cross, said: "It is a great honour to stand before you today as a representative of the Red Cross, and to pay tribute to the deep friendship and lasting ties between the Red Cross and the people of Jersey.

"We've remembered today, how the Red Cross, through the voyages of the infamous SS Vega, was a beacon of hope for countless individuals in Jersey during the Second World War."

A Guernsey man born during the German occupation has been recalling the day the island was liberated.

Peter Martel, 85, said he climbed to the roof of a local pub to see "all the ships that came to save us".

A project which aims to keep the memory of Occupation survivors alive has launched in Jersey.

Called Legacy it has combined the words of islanders who lived through that period of history, with photos depicting different generations.

Plinths are now on display in Jersey's Royal Square, where crowds celebrated Liberation Day 80 years ago.

Project leader Rod Bryans said his aim was to capture memories, while eye-witnesses were still alive.

Timmy, an 87-year-old tortoise who lived through the Occupation has one of the best seats for the Liberation Day cavalcade - from the top of one of the vehicles taking part.

He was given to Maggie Cull's family as a christening present in 1941 and is one of the only surviving pets who lived on the island during the war.

You can read the full story here.

A Harvard and a Hurricane have taken to the skies over Guernsey.

The Harvard was first built in 1942 and was one of the Allies' most important training planes.

Historian Chris Oliver said the hurricane was the backbone of the Royal Air Force during World War Two.

"That one is the last remaining flying hurricane from the Battle of Britain.

"She shot down a load of German aircraft during the Battle of Britain - she was shot down herself, found in a shed, rebuilt and restored to a flying condition."

The pair are due to make two laps of the island's coast.

Andrea Martin, 82, is originally from Huddersfield but moved to Guernsey 25 years ago after falling in love with the island on a trip with the Scouts.

Mrs Martin's father, a chief petty officer in the Royal Navy, won a Distinguished Service Medal for bravery during the war.

She said he rarely shared war stories, but he did once tell her a memory of drowning sailors "waving goodbye to the ship" on a Malta convoy.

"I think it's very important to remember because of all the people who gave up everything to serve the country," Mrs Martin said.

Image source, The Government of Jersey

St Martin Constable Karen Shenton Stone gave a speech this morning in Liberation Square, speaking about her relatives' Occupation experiences.

She said: "I am of the generation whose parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, experienced life constrained by an alien and occupying force.

"A life where liberty, freedom, and democracy were not tolerated.

"Like all islanders of these generations, it instilled a fundamental commitment to uphold these values, and empathy for your neighbour, for your community."

Shenton Stone said history must not be taken for granted.

"Let this island forever be known for its democracy and inclusion, its freedom and community, if it makes us an exception - then so be it.

"Where others may forget, let these five years echo in our eternity, because we must never return to the dark days of the Occupation."