Kate Explores Family's Codebreaking Past

By Paul Harrison, Royal Correspondent

The Duchess of Cambridge has seen where her grandmother worked as part of the Second World War codebreaking teams on a visit to Bletchley Park.

Kate's paternal grandmother, Valerie Glassborow, worked as a civilian duty officer of the Government Code and Cypher School, famed for its role in breaking German Enigma codes.

The work of Second World War codebreakers is thought to have shortened the war by two years.

During the visit to Bletchley Park, the Duchess visited Hut 16, now restored as Hut 6, where documents dating back to October 1944 show her grandmother likely worked as a "Duty Officer".

Valerie Glassborow, seen centre right. (Pic: Ross Parry Syndication)

Kate also met her grandmother's former colleague and veteran, Lady Marion Body, who recalled working with Valerie Glassborow and her twin sister Mary the day they heard the war in Europe had ended.

Kate's flying-ace grandfather, Peter Middleton, also played a crucial role in Britain's war effort as part of a group of elite RAF "top guns" battling Hitler's Luftwaffe.

Kate chats to Lady Marion Body, who worked with her grandmother

Deployed in a de Havilland Mosquito fighter bomber, he was among those who nudged the wings of unmanned German V1 flying bombs, diverting them away from London.

Peter Middleton married Valerie Glassborow just after the war ended in 1946 and had four children, including Michael, Kate's father.

Valerie Glassborow passed away in 2006, aged 82, but Kate's grandfather lived to 91.

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