British crown jewels were hidden in a biscuit tin during WW2 in case the Nazis invaded - Sensationalist Headlines

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42662795[/url] [quote]Gemstones from the crown jewels were hidden in a biscuit tin at Windsor Castle for safekeeping during World War Two, a BBC documentary will reveal. It was buried below a secret exit on the orders of King George VI to prevent the jewels falling into Nazi hands. Details of the mystery, unknown by the Queen, were discovered in letters from Sir Owen Morshead, the royal librarian, to Queen Mary, the mother of George VI. The Queen was told the details for the first time by presenter Alastair Bruce.[/quote]

Sounds ridiculous but it's not a bad plan If the Nazis did invade and killed everyone who knew where the tin was, who knows how long it would be stayed buried before anyone found them?

At least we can finally end the debate as to why the king wore a custard cream on his head for the duration of the war

Fucking poshies - Royal Dansk cookie tins hold sewing supplies in my house, for these guys it's only just the fuckin' Crown Jewels. :v:

That wont fucking work Everyones stumbled upon a biscuit tin in their nans house only to find trinkets and sewing equipment [editline]12th January 2018[/editline] like nan fuck put biscuits in the tin not sewing needles you fucking junky

[QUOTE=cr2142;53047670]That wont fucking work Everyones stumbled upon a biscuit tin in their nans house only to find trinkets and sewing equipment [editline]12th January 2018[/editline] like nan fuck put biscuits in the tin not sewing needles you fucking junky[/QUOTE] last time I went to my grandma's house it actually had cookies in it, from Norway even! moral of the story: Never give up. It'll happen to you eventually.

When the nazis invaded poland, a couple of important paintings where hidden in places like barns and buried underground. It worked for the most part.

eh, even if the nazis had tried the crazy invasion it would've just led to 200,000 germans gassed on the beaches. probably would've ended ww2 quicker.

I love reading about things like this, the little tricks and such pulled in World War 2, especially by the British. It's always some really neat, ingenious stuff.

[QUOTE=snookypookums;53047630]Fucking poshies - Royal Dansk cookie tins hold sewing supplies in my house, for these guys it's only just the fuckin' Crown Jewels. :v:[/QUOTE] They were only the spare ones, the real ones were sitting in a corn field in kentucky.

If you're trying to hide something, best place is to put it somewhere really conspicuous. When they sent the Cullinan Diamond to England from South Africa, they put it in the registered post for a couple of shillings rather than send it by boat with an armed escort.

[QUOTE=cr2142;53047670]That wont fucking work Everyones stumbled upon a biscuit tin in their nans house only to find trinkets and sewing equipment [editline]12th January 2018[/editline] like nan fuck put biscuits in the tin not sewing needles you fucking junky[/QUOTE] My mum has a biscuit tin full of shoe care stuff, just to be disappointing. Actually to be doubly disappointing she has a wine box full of sewing stuff so I think it might just be some weird compulsion older women in the UK find themselves gripped with.

[QUOTE=Camundongo;53048391]My mum has a biscuit tin full of shoe care stuff, just to be disappointing. Actually to be doubly disappointing she has a wine box full of sewing stuff so I think it might just be some weird compulsion older women in the UK find themselves gripped with.[/QUOTE] Actually, you know what, I think this is one of those weird moments where everyone somehow accidentally discovers a universal constant seemingly transcends cultures. In India, my mother has [I]always[/I] used cookie tins for sewing supplies and it turns out that there's a lot of people out there who also do the same, but likely evolved this alternate use for the tins for this specific purpose independently. That leaves me to wonder hoe the fuck that happened. :v:

[QUOTE=Dr. Ethan Asia;53048377]If you're trying to hide something, best place is to put it somewhere really conspicuous. When they sent the Cullinan Diamond to England from South Africa, they put it in the registered post for a couple of shillings rather than send it by boat with an armed escort.[/QUOTE] But that only works if nobody is wise about it, otherwise you get the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_million_yen_robbery]300 million yen robbery[/url].

[QUOTE=cr2142;53047670]That wont fucking work Everyones stumbled upon a biscuit tin in their nans house only to find trinkets and sewing equipment [editline]12th January 2018[/editline] like nan fuck put biscuits in the tin not sewing needles you fucking junky[/QUOTE] I was the fat fuck who cleared the biscuit tin in an afternoon only to find out next week she just made it her sewing tin