A fearless exposition of the truth behind the night Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret joined the VE day crowds. That and a few bits to make it feel like TitanicAs newsreel footage plainly demonstrates, VE Day marked not only the end of the second world war in Europe, but the beginning of the UK’s all-time biggest piss-up, as a million revellers poured on to the streets to join together and do the Lambeth Walk as if their lives depended on it.