Ever seen The Queen change a car tyre? Unseen pictures of Her Majesty serving in World War II
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PUBLISHED: 12:54 GMT, 24 May 2012 | UPDATED: 14:05 GMT, 24 May 2012
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8 w- W) F G" m) p2 b0 @3 c5 VTVBNOW 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。In 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.5 r6 K: Y* ^9 U& V0 d
4 K0 ^2 B! J8 d4 M" n$ ?; b公仔箱論壇The amateur photographs show the teenaged future monarch setting the example followed today by her grandsons Prince William and Prince Harry.公仔箱論壇0 {; l9 f9 m; `; G. E
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Mucking in: The future Queen gets to grips with a wheel as Junior Commander Mildred looks on, S2 ~4 |" s [4 G6 q
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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.4 q0 v$ K) q3 s& L/ E4 |
2 m# r; Q* B7 C, [5 E1 k公仔箱論壇Taken 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. ( W% v7 d* C6 }: o* J
They 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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7 V' O, S0 O6 w8 U2 H) G3 ?Princess Margaret (left) is shown in more typical royal attire as she chats to her older sister next to a 'Tilly' truck公仔箱論壇% e7 t" C1 B7 Q; ?/ H3 H0 `
, Q7 F, Y/ d7 i( X( q公仔箱論壇In 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.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 N! {5 K/ E" y9 z/ @
7 Q0 x1 a7 H! a1 L& l0 c+ \! l/ fOn 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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5 L1 I0 E2 D9 W6 \) j- X# c& e/ uA 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。* `" l+ I0 x+ l$ i, y
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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.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。 [- ~6 f! v5 N! W
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8 v/ s5 h$ |( u( A) v6 `6 n' stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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 left
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: {8 \- A6 K4 {7 I) S9 ?He said a set of the photographs had been copied and mounted in an album, which was duly sent to the Queen.- v T# b' W. I, f `- X
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He said: 'At a time when the nation is celebrating our monarch these pictures are a reminder of how she has served us all.
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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.公仔箱論壇 t/ ^ C5 _4 |* K5 Q# v" Y' L
: {( `; `6 k* m1 A5 DTVBNOW 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。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
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Bringing out the big guns: These war-era 25-pounders will be fired in salute to the Queen at the rally
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+ I5 J; K' W# O+ l7 D2 ?5.39.217.76THE QUEEN'S WAR公仔箱論壇# P: \7 z. q% R4 k
" {+ f, I" \9 ?' m) q; |+ q$ _The Queen (left) studies a map during her ATS training in 1945
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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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3 t* m3 e4 {0 }; VThese 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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' e) _! ]4 X# Y. ~ z4 T2 Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPrincess 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" K3 Q+ L1 ~" H' @/ C3 k, U
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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. " Y+ g# n0 ^+ o. X3 e# k. |5 W
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And 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.
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Shortly after that, in February 1945, she signed up with the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service and was given the service number 230873.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。* m! Z1 t6 O3 B
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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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