In 1945, 19-year-old Princess Elizabeth joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the women's branch of the British Army.

Queen Elizabeth II went nearly 10 years without knowing that royal household ... Blunt confessed to the British royals in 1964 that he was a senior officer for the Russians during World War II. 7.

A treasure trove of wartime codebreaker Alan Turing’s scientific papers has sold for more than three times their expected sale price... All after being saved from the shredder. View on euronews ...

A London park is to host monuments celebrating Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, with two statues also planned.