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To the Children of Britain | A WWII Letter from King George VI (1946)
On 8 June 1946, millions of British schoolchildren received a message from King George VI as part of Britain’s Victory Celebrations following the Second World War.
One of those children was a ten-year-old girl.
Today, eighty years later to the day, she is ninety years old—and she still has the letter.
In this special episode of The Letterbox Podcast, we share a remarkable piece of post-war British history preserved alongside wartime letters, ration books and memories of life during World War II.
Though the King’s message is brief, it captures an extraordinary moment in time. In just a few…
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