Princess of Wales is getting better, Prince William tells D-Day veterans

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He was asked by 100-year-old Geoffrey Weaving, a war veteran, how Catherine was faring with her cancer treatment.

Prince William, the Prince of Wales, says Princess Catherine is “getting better” and would have loved to join him for the “very moving” D-Day anniversary event in Portsmouth, England.

“I was reminding everyone how her grandmother served at Bletchley, so she had quite a bit in common with some of the ladies here who were at Bletchley. They never spoke about anything until the very end – it was all very secret.” Valerie Glassborow, the princess’ paternal grandmother, worked as a codebreaker in Hut 16 at Bletchley Park alongside her twin sister, Mary.Glassborow was on duty when a message was intercepted saying that Japan had surrendered, making her one of only a handful of people – along with King George VI and prime minister Winston Churchill – to learn that the war was over.

 

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