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  • UK: Queen gives royal pardon to Alan Turing, the WWII codebreaking hero who was convicted for being gay then sterilised by the state

    Queen gives royal pardon to Alan Turing, the WWII codebreaking hero who was convicted for being gay then sterilised by the state

    Alan Turing led the way in cracking the Enigma codes at Bletchley Park
    But he took his own life after 1952 conviction led to his chemical castration
    It is only the fourth Royal pardon since the end of the Second World War
    Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell said 50,000 more apologies are due

    By Tim Shipman

    PUBLISHED: 00:25 GMT, 24 December 2013 | UPDATED: 10:48 GMT, 24 December 2013

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2oPdAwnFE
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