French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Paris (Photo: British Prime Minister's Office)

The last UK leader to attend a commemoration in the French capital was Winston Churchill in 1944.

Ahead of Monday’s commemoration, Starmer met French President Emmanuel Macron for a bilateral meeting to discuss the conflict in Ukraine, European security, and the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

He is expected to meet French PM Michel Barnier, who was a negotiator during Brexit from the EU.