'The whole world seemed to be there' - 100-year-old women who worked alongside Queen Elizabeth remembers VE Day
Between 1938 and 1945, Violet Clarke worked with Princess Elizabeth to prepare and maintain vehicles for military use at a base in Surrey
With events taking place across Kent to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, we've been speaking to a 100-year-ld woman who worked with the late Queen Elizabeth during the Second World War.
Between 1938 and 1945, Violet Clarke, from Larkfield, worked with Princess Elizabeth to prepare and maintain vehicles for military use at a base in Surrey.
She was also a musician and trombonist in the Salvation Army, and toured the world, visiting solders in Europe and North Africa, playing them music to lift their spirits.
Violet told us what she was doing when the end of the war was announced, she said: "I was in a room at the base with another girl who was in the bed opposite me.
"And she turns to me, when we heard the war was over, and said 'I'm going to London', and I asked if we should get permission which she then said, 'I don't need permission, I'm going!'.
"When we arrived in London, the world seemed to be there, everybody was all excited, and we spent a lot of time in Green Park, doing things which kids would typically do to celebrate!
"We then went and stood outside Buckingham Palace, which was a bit of a shock to find that the lady I had been closest to was Princess Elizabeth, I couldn't believe it when I saw her on the podium."