Pictured: Elizabeth , George VI and Coats Mission officersTo begin with, the security schemes were amateur to the point of farcical. This ramshackle defence system was soon replaced by a do-or-die enterprise called The Coats Mission. Back at Windsor Castle, the Coats Mission assisted in hiding the Crown Jewels, buried in a biscuit tin for the duration of the war in an underground chamber near the castle walls. Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother, declared when asked about leaving Britain: ‘The children won’t go without me. The force was designed to be split in four, so as to disperse key members of the Royal Family to different locations.

Source: Daily Mail February 05, 2019 00:50 UTC