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Inside King George VI and the Queen Mother's unconventional relationship on their 102nd wedding anniversary

Tomorrow is the 102nd wedding anniversary of when a young Elizabeth and Prince Albert said 'I do' and emerged from Westminster Abbey as the new Duke and Duchess of York.

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Rolls-Royce used by Field Marshal Montgomery and Winston Churchill during D-Day planning heads to auction

Montgomery's 1936 Rolls-Royce carried some of the most iconic high-ranking military figures during the war, including Churchill, President Eisenhower and HM King George VI.

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King George VI and the Queen Mother narrowly escaped death in the bombing of Buckingham Palace during the Blitz - but the man who supplied 'inside information' to the Nazis was a royal himself

On September 13, 1940, a German pilot had been given a simple order: to destroy Buckingham Palace and kill the King and Queen. Should he succeed, it would be a triumph for Adolf Hitler.

3 months ago

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