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| Battle of Britain museum to be opened by Prince Charles | Battle of Britain museum to be opened by Prince Charles |
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| The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are set to open a museum that commemorates the Battle of Britain. | |
| The museum is housed in a mansion house that served as the RAF's headquarters at the time of the 1940 battle. | |
| The rooms of Bentley Priory's mansion house in Harrow, north London, will now be open to the public for the first time in 80 years. | The rooms of Bentley Priory's mansion house in Harrow, north London, will now be open to the public for the first time in 80 years. |
| The royal couple will meet veterans including female fighter controllers, and watch a memorial flypast. | The royal couple will meet veterans including female fighter controllers, and watch a memorial flypast. |
| The female fighter controllers, known as the Beauty Chorus, were wartime members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and played a crucial role in identifying and intercepting incoming Luftwaffe bomber raids. | The female fighter controllers, known as the Beauty Chorus, were wartime members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and played a crucial role in identifying and intercepting incoming Luftwaffe bomber raids. |
| Several female veterans from Hampshire, Wokingham, Kent and Dorset, some of whom served at Bentley Priory, will be present at the event. | Several female veterans from Hampshire, Wokingham, Kent and Dorset, some of whom served at Bentley Priory, will be present at the event. |
| They played a crucial role in identifying and intercepting incoming Luftwaffe bomber raids during World War II. | They played a crucial role in identifying and intercepting incoming Luftwaffe bomber raids during World War II. |
| The Prince of Wales will also unveil a bust of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding who led RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. | The Prince of Wales will also unveil a bust of Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding who led RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. |
| Built in the 1770s, Bentley Priory is a Grade II-listed building set in 57 acres of parkland. | Built in the 1770s, Bentley Priory is a Grade II-listed building set in 57 acres of parkland. |
| It was an RAF headquarters complex until 2007 when the Ministry of Defence decided to close it. | It was an RAF headquarters complex until 2007 when the Ministry of Defence decided to close it. |
| The building is where Air Chief Marshal Dowding planned and commanded the defence of the country during the Battle of Britain. | The building is where Air Chief Marshal Dowding planned and commanded the defence of the country during the Battle of Britain. |
| The museum pays respect to the battle's RAF pilots, of whom Winston Churchill said: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." | The museum pays respect to the battle's RAF pilots, of whom Winston Churchill said: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." |