[03:45.17]Nancy Wake played an extraordinary role in the French resistance movement against German occupation.
[03:51.27]As chris Bockman reports from southern France.
[03:53.75]Nancy Wake combined glamor, charm and bravery behind enemy lines in France with such success that at one point she was top of Gestapo's most wanted list.
[04:05.16]When the Germans discovered she was a spy,
[04:07.76]she was forced to flee to Englandwhile her French husband was tortured and killed for refusing to reveal her whereabouts.
[04:15.30]She returned, parachuting into central France, where she acted as a liaison officer between the French resistance and allied forces.
[04:23.75]The memorial service for Nancy Wake, known to be fond of an early morning gin and tonic, was followed, as she wished, by a very large drinks reception.
[04:32.78]Princess Lilian of Sweden, whose decades long secret romance with the royal prince became one of Sweden's best known love stories, has died at the age of 97.
[04:42.96]British born Princess Lilian met Sweden's Prince Bertil in London during the second world war,
[04:48.87]but they had to keep their relationship secret for decades, because of the prince's obligation to the throne and Lilian's status as a divorced commoner.
[04:58.10]BBC News.