Master John of Hever

US soldiers find time to take a break and drink a Coca Cola - exact date and location unknown. An estimated 5 billion bottles were consumed during WW2

Build your own computer.

Germany launches the first V1 Flying Bomb attack on England. Only four of the eleven bombs strike their targets.

Local residents became used to the buzzing of the V1's flying overhead. But they knew that if the Doodlebug's engine fell silent, they had very limited time to take cover!

Princess Anne was created the Princess Royal on 13 June 1987

Despite having been a little nervous about the railway journey, it seems that Queen Victoria approved of the new mode of transport. The following day she wrote, “We arrived here yesterday morning [Buckingham Palace], having come by the railroad, from Windsor, in half an hour, free from dust and crowd and heat, and I am quite charmed with it.”

Trooping the Colour 2026 ✨🇬🇧

Trooping the Colour for the King’s Birthday Parade at Buckingham Palace – The Prince and Princess of Wales

The Prince of Wales, Colonel of the Welsh Guards, during the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London. — 13 June 2026

Members of the Royal Family watch the fly-past from the balcony of Buckingham Palace following The King’s Birthday Parade. – The Royal Family

13 June 2026 || The Prince of Wales, Colonel of the Welsh Guards, attends Trooping the Colour ceremony at the Horse Guards Parade in London. (📷Getty Images)

Fifteen years at the most famous front door in Britain — and still no interest in the paperwork. Meet Larry, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office since 2011 — fifteen years on the job — here in the entrance hall of 10 Downing Street. Beside him sits a despatch box: handmade to carry the confidential documents of office, and at home in this building. Two fixtures of No. 10 — one keeps the mice down, the other keeps the papers secure and safe. For over 250 years, Barrow Hepburn & Gale has made the boxes that carry the business of state — built by hand to last, despatch box after despatch box. As for whether Larry is impressed by any of it — we prefer to keep his miaows confidential.

The Princess of Wales with Prince George, Princess Charlotte & Prince Louis – Imperial Material ♚

Sir Winston Churchill

This is 26th September 1917 and WW1 has been raging for over three years on the continent, and in the meantime the British Government had thought London to be safe from serious attack. Attacks by German Zeppelins had previously occurred over the British mainland and London, with the first attack on London its self on 31st May 1915, but these had been a hit and miss affair although damage did occur. But in September 1917 raids by Zeppelins and Gotha bombers in unison targeted London directly and were much more accurate. In this film we see scenes of WW1 London and some of the damage that had occurred in these attacks.

British vintage postcard

Curbar Edge, Peak District, England by my_ad_a_ventures

China and the European Space Agency launched SMILE, a joint satellite mission designed to study how solar wind hits Earth’s magnetic shield. The satellite carries instruments that can help scientists observe space weather, auroras, and the otherwise invisible edges of Earth’s magnetosphere.