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WW2 BRILLIANT CODE BREAKER

Noel7 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:03:27 GMT

Can you see the resemblance? She was a code breaker at Bletchley Park.

Valerie Glassborow (Middleton), Kate Middleton's grandmother.

"The Duchess of Cambridge opened up about her grandmother, Valerie Glassborow, in the foreward of a book of puzzles that’s set for release this week by the U.K.’s national intelligence and security agency, GCHQ."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kate-middleton-grandma-cracked-codes_us_5803921ae4b06e0475955a5f

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proudlyfromNJ — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:09:12 GMT

Did you watch the PBS series Bletchley Circle?

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Noel7 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:13:29 GMT

@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
Did you watch the PBS series Bletchley Circle?

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I did, I loved it! It was so good, every detail, the stories and the settings.

I wish it would come back, I heard they were going to make a season two, but nothing after that.

I take it you watched, also?

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proudlyfromNJ — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:17:57 GMT

Yes @Noel7. I loved it and do hope they bring it back. Interesting about Kate's Grandmother.

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Noel7 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 00:23:19 GMT

@proudlyfromNJ wrote:
Yes @Noel7. I loved it and do hope they bring it back. Interesting about Kate's Grandmother.

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Kate had spoken before about how proud she was of her grandmother, I'd like to see what she has to say about her.

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Lila Belle — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 02:19:23 GMT

Lovely!

She reminds me of my nan.

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Judaline — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:29:40 GMT

She looks like Liz Taylor when she was a young girl.

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cherry — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:32:30 GMT

NO wonder Kate is so down to earth. Her Grandmother would be proud of her too

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Pearlee — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:59:23 GMT

I sure do see a resemblance, thanks for posting. I haven't read the article in the link you posted, but my first thought was I wonder if the character in the film The Imitation Game (excellent film) was based on her? The characer that Keira Knightley played.

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chrystaltree — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:23:11 GMT

No, other than that they are both caucasian women with dark hair; there is no resemblance at. But it is indeed interesting.

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Puzzle Piece — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:33:11 GMT

Really, I thought it was Alan Turing and his team that broke Enigma THE CODE to break at that time.

The Bletchly females only intercepted the codes I thought.

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Noel7 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:33:23 GMT

I see a resemblance with her smile, but it's an individual thing.

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cherry — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:36:17 GMT

@Noel7 wrote:
I see a resemblance with her smile, but it's an individual thing.

Kate has her eyebrows. I spotted that right off

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Noel7 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:38:45 GMT

@cherry wrote:
@Noel7 wrote:
I see a resemblance with her smile, but it's an individual thing.
Kate has her eyebrows. I spotted that right off

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And her chin, the jawline is also similar, but look at the smile and shape of her lips. also.

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Noel7 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:42:11 GMT

Well anyway, I can certainly understand why Kate is so proud of her grandmother. The code breakers did amazing work and saved lives.

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Lion — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 18:30:19 GMT

Hi Noel! Wow, Kate really does look a lot like her grandmother.

LOL...I was thinking we could use a brilliant code breaker around here sometimes.

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Noel7 — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 18:58:46 GMT

@Lion wrote:
Hi Noel! Wow, Kate really does look a lot like her grandmother.

LOL...I was thinking we could use a brilliant code breaker around here sometimes.

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Judaline — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 19:59:30 GMT

@Puzzle Piece No, the girls worked on the enigmas night and day trying to break the codes. Bletchley Circle showed a lot of it or google it.

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Moonchilde — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 20:05:32 GMT

@Puzzle Piece wrote:
Really, I thought it was Alan Turing and his team that broke Enigma THE CODE to break at that time.
The Bletchly females only intercepted the codes I thought.

There wasn't only the Enigma code - there were many codes used during the war. Women definitely worked on them and broke or helped break them.

Alan Turing didn't work alone, and we don't know that his "team" was all-male.

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hckynut — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 20:08:32 GMT

Many lives were saved by code breakers. Midway was certainly one of the events that changed the trajectory of the war.

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