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The Trent Affair, in 1861 during the American Civil war, when a Union warship boarded a British mail ship and seized Confederate envoys, brought Britain and the USA to the very brink of war.

It was only the intervention by Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert, that helped pull the two nations back from the abyss.

So, What actually happened in the Trent Affair in 1861? How close did the USA and Great Britain really come to fighting each other? And, exactly how did Prince Albert help avert that war?

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In Westminster Abbey, London, lies the tomb of Britain’s Unknown Warrior.

But how was he chosen from all the thousands who died? Why did he end up in this ancient place or worship, and why, is it called the tomb of the Unknown Warrior and not the Unknown Soldier?

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With his magic tricks that went wrong, his catch phrase “Just like that” and his ironing fez, Tommy Cooper was an icon of Post War British comedy.

But why did he start wearing that fez?

Well, it all has to do with his little-known time serving in Monty’s “Desert Rats” in Egypt during the Second World War.

Intrigued? Then sit back as we explore the story of Tommy Cooper, his World War 2 service & his fez.

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