ROYAL FAMILY’S TASKS DURING WAR
Reed. 8.15 p.m. London, Nov. 21. The King and Queen on September 3, 1940. saw five bombs fall close to Buckingham Palace, smashing hundreds of windows, wrecking a chapel, filling the Palace passages with debris and burying many historical and family documents.
This fact is revealed in the story of the Royal Family’s many-..ided tasks during the war, which is entitled "The Royal Family in Wartime” and is published for the King George Jubilee Trust with the King’s permission. Buckingham Palace was bombed nine times, suffering damage from bombs, flying-bombs and rockets.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 276, 22 November 1945, Page 5
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