FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE

AUGUST 22, 1941 PRINCESSES Margaret and Elizabeth sang duets in French and English to a few young friends yesterday, part of an impromptu concert arranged by Margaret to entertain guests at her 11th birthday tea-party. Her cake with no icing conformed strictly to rationing requirements. AUGUST 22, 1964 A GIRl in a black topless dress, who stood under the statue of Boadicea on london’s Westminster Bridge, made legal history yesterday when she appeared at Bow Street in Britain’s first topless dress case.

Diana Gorton, 28, told the court: ‘My aim was certainly not to do anything indecent, but merely to be a trend setter.’ She was conditionally discharged for 12 months. Magistrate Mr A. Babington said: ‘A considerable number of rational, ordinary and logical people would still be annoyed by the sight of a woman in a topless dress.’