Red Arrows, royals and street parties: What to look out for on VE Day at 8027 minutes agoRosemary McCabeBBC JournalistGettyVE Day marked the end of World War Two in Europe. Huge crowds took to the...
King Charles and Queen Camilla will lead the nation in "celebrating, commemorating and giving thanks to the wartime generation whose selfless devotion, duty and service should stand as an enduring...
It is a well-known fact that Princess Elizabeth ventured out of Buckingham Palace to celebrate among the enormous crowds in London on VE Day in 1945, with the story even serving as the inspiration...
A scandalous Edwardian love triangle saw the king’s brother in love with a married woman, while he was married himself. Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught, was the seventh child of Queen Victoria...
A Ukrainian who fought alongside Britain to defeat the Nazis pleaded “do not give up on us” as the country battles for survival 80 years on.Proudly displaying his war medals, Volodoymir Overko,...
A knocked-out US Sherman along a Normandy hedgerow in June 1944 (Image: Ullstein Bild via Getty)At the end of June 1944, Lance Corporal Ken Tout was still waiting to be allocated a new Sherman tank....
Starting the week off on 5 May, a recitation of Winston Churchill's VE Day speech will be read outside Parliament Square as the Normandy veteran Alan Kennett formally starts the procession after...
Starting the week off on 5 May, a recitation of Winston Churchill's VE Day speech will be read outside Parliament Square as the Normandy veteran Alan Kennett formally starts the procession after...
Many royal watchers and fans have begun to notice striking similarities between young Princess Charlotte and her great-grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth II. Despite Charlotte recently celebrating...
A 115-year-old British woman who was born just eight years after the death of Queen Victoria has been crowned the world's oldest person. Supercentenarian Ethel Caterham was born in 1909 and is...
Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt forged a war-winning alliance, and a deep personal friendship that survived many crises. American military power and huge quantities of economic aid were...
Londoners jubilant as they celebrated VE Day in 1945 (Image: Getty)Millions across the UK will come together next week to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day. Four days of...
A statue of Margaret Thatcher should stand alongside the sculptures of Abraham Lincoln, Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill and Mahatma Gandhi in Parliament Square, according to Kemi Badenoch. The...
An iconic Supermarine Spitfire (MK Vb) pictured in 1941 (Image: Getty)That the defeat of Germany and victory in Europe was possible at all in 1945 was not something that hinged solely upon the...
Small boats that took part in Dunkirk evacuation prepare to take a salute on Thames in July 1940 (Image: Popperfoto via Getty)The Daily Express marked the miracle of Dunkirk with the headline on May...