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| The Duchess Of Cambridge listens to a morse code message using a replica radio during a tour the of the restored WWII Codebreaking Huts at Bletchley Park. || |
Donning a pair of headphones, Duchess Kate, 32, listened to Morse coded signals on a replica radio at a museum she helped open inside the Victorian mansion, located in southern England.
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| The Duchess of Cambridge arrives at Bletchley Park, the recently restored site where British codebreakers worked during World War II to decipher encrypted messages sent by the Germans || |
During World War II, British cryptographers deciphered top-secret military communications between enemy forces at Bletchley Park. Kate’s paternal grandmother, Valerie Glassborow — as she was known before marrying Kate's grandfather, Peter Middleton — worked as a civilian staff member at the facility along with her twin sister, Mary.
During her visit, the royal met with Lady Marion Body, 90, who worked with both sisters at the facility’s Hut 16, home to a team of codebreakers credited for deciphering Germany military messages sent using the Enigma machine. Their work is believed to have helped shortened the length of the war by at least two years and, ultimately, lead to victory.
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| Duchess Kate meets Bletchley veterans Peggy Huntington, Joan Joslin Iris King and Alma Wightman during a visit to Bletchley Park, to mark the completion of the year-long restoration project. || |
During World War II, British cryptographers deciphered top-secret military communications between enemy forces at Bletchley Park. Kate’s paternal grandmother, Valerie Glassborow — as she was known before marrying Kate's grandfather, Peter Middleton — worked as a civilian staff member at the facility along with her twin sister, Mary.
During her visit, the royal met with Lady Marion Body, 90, who worked with both sisters at the facility’s Hut 16, home to a team of codebreakers credited for deciphering Germany military messages sent using the Enigma machine. Their work is believed to have helped shortened the length of the war by at least two years and, ultimately, lead to victory.
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| The Duchess of Cambridge wore an Alexander McQueen outfit, recycled from 2011, during her visit to Bletchley Park.|| |
Lady Body and other former codebreakers toured the facility's newly-renovated buildings with Duchess Kate, who dressed in a navy pencil skirt with gold button detailing and a matching white blouse, an Alexander McQueen outfit she recycled from an official event in 2011.
Bletchley Park recently completed a major restoration project that began in 2012 and cost more than $13.5 million.
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| This shows the registration room in Hut 6 (formerly Hut 16) at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, the British forces' intelligence centre during WWII, where cryptographers deciphered top-secret military communiques between Hitler and his armed forces. || |
source : today.com
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