Ascension Day

The monarch doesn’t celebrate the anniversary of the date she became queen, known as Ascension Day, as it is also the anniversary of her father’s death.

"One of our solvers found the words 'Ascension Day', which helped us pinpoint the date of the letter," he said.

Several municipalities in the Netherlands meanwhile called on German tourists not to cross the border for a trip during the Ascension Day public holiday on Thursday.

Perhaps inspired by this week’s Ascension Day national Christian holiday, Viersen police said “the Holy Ghost must have had a plan” to help the driver.

It's so remote, that when the Portuguese discovered it on Ascension Day in 1501, they didn't even bother colonising it.