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 2012TVBNOW 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。- D! u* U1 z* @) D) C- R
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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.
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( y5 c }. H5 d5.39.217.76The amateur photographs show the teenaged future monarch setting the example followed today by her grandsons Prince William and Prince Harry.. |+ J1 J. y7 v* O+ ~( K7 c% n* @! c
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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.3 y1 |4 _4 H) W6 [% K- o, p! m
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: X2 X; ?- N2 ` \; H8 O- Z1 Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMucking in: The future Queen gets to grips with a wheel as Junior Commander Mildred looks on
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B2 g; ]+ x( o1 H: k; Z+ V* t x公仔箱論壇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& l! [3 F: f) z6 T( ~
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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.
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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 Ambulance5.39.217.76/ e5 Z- W; p- s6 v' B' r# W& a1 g. v
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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' trucktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 o I9 f5 k# c4 n
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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.! x! ~8 z& g6 a) t
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On 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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+ }% i3 W# T. F* }5 `/ i5.39.217.76A flypast of 78 current and historic aircraft, including helicopters and the Red Arrows, closed the event. ! W/ @0 ?5 t7 N8 H$ ?% V
/ e: B/ @8 t Y1 m7 _' aTVBNOW 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。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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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 left5.39.217.762 [9 k! i6 E( D" B5 U8 t2 r
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He said a set of the photographs had been copied and mounted in an album, which was duly sent to the Queen.
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% J# S' S: u; s# btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHe said: 'At a time when the nation is celebrating our monarch these pictures are a reminder of how she has served us all.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( N( ^2 f$ t0 e3 i0 r' s" H6 _$ m" T
'They were donated by Mrs Hinchcliffe after her death and to the best of our knowledge they have never been seen before.'5.39.217.76 F% J* G" A3 @
% C4 l1 d9 Q# {- `1 JMr 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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- Y- a! ~ z W. S$ q公仔箱論壇As part of the celebrations three 25-pounder guns will be fired in salute to the Queen.
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( A0 t) B/ Y. `6 l4 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。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 weekend3 Q5 I0 ?1 j+ Q' _
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Bringing out the big guns: These war-era 25-pounders will be fired in salute to the Queen at the rally8 e* E- j! Q/ \
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THE QUEEN'S WAR
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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.1 T7 q* t# c: n& U. S, B
+ y9 R- `# |, a% d h* Q5.39.217.76These 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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) z4 J8 J4 k, z ?! TPrincess 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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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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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.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。# J+ Z! U* X9 {3 u
* \# l# K+ V5 ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShortly 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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' @* }( D7 L) O& uShe 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.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。5 I/ ?0 x A: a9 z$ n6 y) h
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