Ever seen The Queen change a car tyre? Unseen pictures of Her Majesty serving in World War II+ _$ e. F i& w, d
By Daily Mail Reporter
& F9 ~: C; o) FPUBLISHED: 12:54 GMT, 24 May 2012 | UPDATED: 14:05 GMT, 24 May 2012
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# {6 O, ^+ ~, LIn the week her armed forces paid tribute to her these never-before-seen pictures reveal the Queen serving with the troops during World War II.
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The amateur photographs show the teenaged future monarch setting the example followed today by her grandsons Prince William and Prince Harry.
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8 e4 T) S+ ^( w5 ^+ R- G7 `They were taken in March 1945 showing the then Princess Elizabeth still aiding the war effort after the tide had turned against the Nazis in Europe.
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5 R9 P7 l: T( MMucking in: The future Queen gets to grips with a wheel as Junior Commander Mildred looks on
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The photographs have now been uncovered after they were donated in an album to the Yorkshire Air Museum, in Elvington, near York.5.39.217.76 L8 m$ z- V* }# U; W3 ^
; Z" `1 G$ ~; q; O# E* FTaken at the Mechanical Transport Training Section, Camberley, Surrey, the pictures were snapped on the day the King and Queen and Princess Margaret came to visit.
9 M( s9 y3 a: c* O, SThey belonged to Peggy Hinchcliffe, who was training alongside Princess Elizabeth when the Royal Family made their visit, and have been displayed at the museum following Mrs Hinchcliffe’s death.
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The Queen - who served with the Number 1 'Beaufront' Company, Auxiliary Territorial Service - can be seen maintaining a Austin K2 ambulance and standard ‘Tilly’ light truck.
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Standing to attention: Princess Elizabeth in full uniform poses next to an Austin K2 Ambulance
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Princess Margaret (left) is shown in more typical royal attire as she chats to her older sister next to a 'Tilly' truck/ J2 b4 @3 f. [5 b9 L
: `. X( o# R5 k$ D& F l w% d5.39.217.76In one snap Her Majesty can even be seen appearing to lend a hand changing a tyre while in others it seems like her father King George VI is inspecting her handiwork.1 g& D( F R. p( W7 y
: b5 B" ?. K5 T' p* s' \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOn Saturday more than 2,500 servicemen and women marched past the Queen at Windsor Castle before mustering before her to salute her 60-year reign.
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A flypast of 78 current and historic aircraft, including helicopters and the Red Arrows, closed the event. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。2 L5 g4 O' b, R2 ?% U% y4 Q. c
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Ian Richardson, from the Yorkshire Air Museum, said it was a privilege to have the remarkable collection of photographs, especially with the upcoming Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
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: h9 \, C" t5 m _0 k7 I2 F( p6 Q/ E公仔箱論壇The Royal Family look on as a sergeant attempts to start the Tilly. Junior Commander Violet Wellesley, great niece of the Duke of Wellington, can be seen on the far lefttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 H3 R0 z- U2 N1 [: Q
) F5 K% a* B$ L; N6 @5.39.217.76He said a set of the photographs had been copied and mounted in an album, which was duly sent to the Queen.5.39.217.76' U7 e3 L: Z. N/ n' z! L& ]
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'They were donated by Mrs Hinchcliffe after her death and to the best of our knowledge they have never been seen before.'
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Mr Richardson said the museum would be holding a rally this weekend of more than 200 wartime vehicles, including three tanks and those worked on by Her Majesty.
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As part of the celebrations three 25-pounder guns will be fired in salute to the Queen.
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Relic: A truck similar to the one fixed up by the Queen. Visitors to the Yorkshire Air Museum will be able to see this and hundreds of other army vehicles at a Jubilee rally this weekend公仔箱論壇% @6 P7 B. U+ O, t' Z) h
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0 {* y6 E6 _) }/ s; E! l- DBringing out the big guns: These war-era 25-pounders will be fired in salute to the Queen at the rallyTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。: _6 f! ~1 A, A' `9 j; W. d
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THE QUEEN'S WAR7 y c. g! R9 H* t* S, W- \
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The Queen may be head of Britain's armed forces in little more than name, but her role in the military has not always been purely ceremonial.
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These days no-one would expect to find the 86-year-old monarch getting her hands dirty in Camp Bastion - but there was a time when she pulled on her fatigues and mucked in alongside her future subjects.
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2 E& @3 Y- ~5 y) ], l2 [4 E5.39.217.76Princess Elizabeth's adolescence took place in the shadow of World War II and, with the country in crisis, she did not shy away from her royal duties.
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. Y# T% e T/ KTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Her first solo public appearance came at the age of 16, with a visit to the Grenadier Guards. By then she had already been named Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment - effectively the link between the infantrymen and the Royal Family.
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9 G' S X! E+ Y, K4 x) RAnd by 18, changes to the law meant she could act as a Counsellor of State, meaning she would be one of five royals holding the fort in the event of her father going abroad or becoming incapacitated.7 G1 r: P# j4 n, X: E$ f5 O G7 I
* e0 e9 ?& B+ d# A' N/ b ~1 h5.39.217.76Shortly after that, in February 1945, she signed up with the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service and was given the service number 230873.
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She joined as an honorary Second Subaltern but must have impressed in her duties as a driver and mechanic, as she rose to the rank of honorary Junior Commander within five months.
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