This is the second time Kate’s gone to Bletchley Park (at least; I think it’s only twice, but it might be her third visit), and this time, she’s there because they’ve opened up an exhibit where kids can do some code-breaking, and because there’s a new D-Day exhibit, AND she got to hang out with some bad-ass old ladies in a good room. BEHOLD:
The new exhibition ‘D-Day: Interception, Intelligence, Invasion’, based on newly declassified material, shows how the intelligence effort coordinated at @BletchleyPark helped specifically in the success of the D-Day landings at Normandy. pic.twitter.com/Gtsu4pQ03E
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) May 14, 2019
This is a gorgeous room and these women are pretty rad:
The Duchess of Cambridge with @BletchleyPark Veterans Elizabeth Diacon, Georgina Rose, Audrey Mather and Rena Stewart — who all worked to feed crucial information to Allied forces in the critical months, weeks and days leading up to D-Day during #WW2. pic.twitter.com/a5VF5OQUuy
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) May 14, 2019
This is nice, too:
The Duchess of Cambridge’s Grandmother and Great Aunt, Valerie and Mary Glassborow, who worked at @bletchleypark, the home of British codebreaking during the Second World War — are the latest additions to Bletchley’s Codebreakers’ Wall. pic.twitter.com/LpeRRpbk0e
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) May 14, 2019
I REALLY want to get over to Bletchey Park. It’s open to visitors and apparently very cool.
The outfit is also a rewear — she wore it in the photos the royal family released for Chaz’s 70th birthday — but this is the first time we’ve seen the whole look. I will say, although I love the dots and the color, I think the whole thing is too long. Like, I think the torso of the dress is too long AND the overall length is too long, which also makes me worry that this dress is VERY VERY long, given how tall Kate is. Would this be some kind of pleated maxi-dress situation on me? I have, to quote Saint Tim Gunn, concerns.
I do think it looks much better in motion than it does in a still pic:
Today The Duchess of Cambridge is visiting @BletchleyPark to view a special D-Day exhibition in the newly restored Teleprinter Building, marking the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. pic.twitter.com/a5QyqgIiXF
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) May 14, 2019
