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Giant lily pads and a bronze tree are among designs for Queen Elizabeth II's memorial
What could be a better memorial to Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, than a pod of faintly psychedelic ...
VE Day 80 years on – by the veterans who were there
Four brave veterans who fought for our freedom reveal what it was really like when the Second World War was finally declared ...
How did London celebrate VE Day and the end of the Second World War in 1945?
Each corner of the paper ... family who gathered on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to greet the thousands of Londoners celebrating VE day. Cheers of “We want the King!” could be heard through the ...
When are the VE Day celebrations ahead of the two minutes silence?
The war officially concluded on August 15, 1945, after the US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and ...
The wild night Britain celebrated VE Day: Late drinking, fireworks and 'sex outside Buckingham Palace' as exhausted, battered but jubilant nation toasted Hitler's down…
The Second World War in Europe had come to a halt on May 7, 1945, after nearly six years of toil, sacrifice, tragedy and loss ...