victoria howard is a royal historian. shejoins me now. we havejust watched the queen pass a message, she linked ve day with today's pandemic, saying at the end, i say with pride we are still a nation, the brave soldiers, sailors

victoria howard is a royal historian. shejoins me now. we havejust watched the queen pass a message, she linked ve day with today's pandemic, saying at the end, i say with pride we are still a nation, the brave soldiers, sailors and airmen would recognise and admire. yes, andi airmen would recognise and admire. yes, and i think there has definitely been a link comparing this pandemic with the second world war which seems to have resonated with the british people, that it is a struggle that we don't know how this will end, but that is something the queen was good at, finding that message, the message of unity particularly as a non—political figure to try and bring a bit of a morale boost to her people. and of course, she is herself a veteran of world war ii. yes, exactly. in 1944, shejoined the ats world war ii. yes, exactly. in 1944, she joined the ats at 18 and trained asa she joined the ats at 18 and trained as a mechanic and she learned to drive trucks and ambulances and that is something she is very proud of. she is the only head of s