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Hace 6 días · D-Day at 80 – the six best new history books. As the 80th anniversary of D-Day arrives, a flotilla of books offer new views of the invasion of Normandy. We pick the ones you must read.
Hace 22 horas · George VI was briefed on Operation Overlord and the invasion of France as early as October 1943. The following February, two MI5 officers visited Buckingham Palace to meet Lascelles.
Hace 4 días · George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7e Comte de Harewood : voilà un nom qui ne dira sans doute pas grand-chose au public francophone ; sauf peut-être aux plus anciens d’entre nous qui découvrirent l’opéra à l’aide du Kobbé, ce guide édité dans la collection Bouquins au début des années 80.
Hace 4 días · On July 17, 1917, King George V issued a royal proclamation changing the name of his royal house from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor due to anti-German sentiment during World War I.
Hace 1 día · George VI sent a handwritten letter to Churchill urging him to reconsider, lest “a chance bomb, torpedo or even a mine should remove you from the scene”. After several rounds of back and forward, Churchill (“a naughty child” who “knew perfectly well he oughtn’t to do this”, wrote Lascelles) reluctantly conceded.
Hace 3 días · At 8:45 a.m. on the morning of February 6, the king’s private secretary, Sir Alan Lascelles, ... Go and tell Mr. Churchill and Queen Mary,” the mother of George VI.
Hace 4 días · “You must be either mad or bad,” said Lascelles in disbelief. The Queen was sympathetic but, as head of the Church of England, Lascelles said she could not consent to Margaret marrying a divorced man.
