This Wednesday, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the landings, Prince William praised the heroic actions of his wife’s grandmother.
Prince William, who attended the 80th anniversary celebrations of the landings in Portsmouth this Wednesday, June 5, gave news of his wife Kate Middleton’s health. “He’s better, thanks. He would very much like to be here today,” he replied to the war hero, who was worried about the fate of the Princess of Wales, who was suffering from cancer.
A few minutes ago, the British heir to the throne was already talking about his wife, revealing to the veteran the heroic deeds of his grandmother, Valerie Middleton. The latter, in fact, worked at Bletchley Park alongside the Code Girls, the women responsible for breaking Nazi codes. “My wife’s grandmother did the same thing as you. Catherine only discovered this towards the end of her life,” he revealed. A short time later, in a lively speech dedicated to the veterans of the Second World War, William once again emphasized the dedication of Valerie Middleton: “I reminded everyone how grandmother is. [de Kate] served at Bletchley, so he had quite a bit in common with some of the ladies here.’
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“He’s sworn to secrecy.”
How can we read in columns? Daily Mail: Valerie Middleton and her twin sister Mary served in cabin 16 at Bletchley Park, the legendary Nazi code-breaking site, north of London. There, the two sisters, together with a team of decipherers, discovered the secrets of the German Enigma machine, which greatly contributed to the victory of the Allies. In this case, they would monitor diplomatic traffic from secret listening stations. In this role they witnessed one of the most extraordinary moments in Bletchley’s history when the twins were on duty when the word came that Japan had surrendered.
If Valerie Middleton’s actions during the Second World War were already known to the British, then Kate learned about them only later. The journalist in 2019 Daily Mail:Richard Eden has claimed that Valerie Middleton “never said a word” about her exploits to her granddaughter when she questioned her about her war efforts. “He was so sworn to secrecy that he could never tell us,” Kate told schoolchildren visiting the estate near Milton Keynes in 2019. When he was alive, unfortunately, he could never talk about it.
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Source: Le Figaro
