Seventy Years Ago, Queen Elizabeth Partied with Commoners

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

70 years ago today, Nazi Germany offered its unconditional surrender to Allied Forces. A young Queen Elizabeth celebrated outside the palace.

Seventy Years Ago Today, Queen Elizabeth Secretly Partied with Commoners

Before she became Elizabeth II, the then-princess slipped into London's streets incognito to celebrate Europe's victory over Germany

SMITHSONIANMAG.COM|BY ERIN BLAKEMORE