Ever seen The Queen change a car tyre? Unseen pictures of Her Majesty serving in World War II
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# }$ b' I8 z. v' ^2 atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPUBLISHED: 12:54 GMT, 24 May 2012 | UPDATED: 14:05 GMT, 24 May 2012
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2 |( i- p$ [: Z6 _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。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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7 @7 N6 o1 E5 s/ s; {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe amateur photographs show the teenaged future monarch setting the example followed today by her grandsons Prince William and Prince Harry.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。( q5 J' f2 D0 d G
: y3 o# |9 M; ^. l3 `, U5.39.217.76They 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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: q# p; W: E" I# r% v公仔箱論壇Mucking 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.% ]0 }9 k$ j$ a
9 G( Z# Y7 L- w" B5.39.217.76Taken 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. ! }% D& R( p7 ^3 i
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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- L) a3 v* C, u) x6 p. s公仔箱論壇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
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8 o$ ^: L4 d- _; a5.39.217.76In 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.
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, x8 v% R3 m0 U& Y6 a uOn 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.
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$ {. p9 G, K" N2 ~" G; X( v( MTVBNOW 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 left
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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.公仔箱論壇* m5 b2 q F$ |: B
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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.5.39.217.762 r$ i2 J$ Z) Y9 F: A" ^- U# }- k
'They were donated by Mrs Hinchcliffe after her death and to the best of our knowledge they have never been seen before.'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 x4 d# C2 R# l' G
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 Q2 O* l4 _1 E% H6 R" J) @% N
" R: @7 c2 D' y. L5 y. b- E, \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。As part of the celebrations three 25-pounder guns will be fired in salute to the Queen.1 E8 ~6 R, n1 C; J; L7 l4 W# M% O5 Y
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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
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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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The Queen (left) studies a map during her ATS training in 19450 `9 K0 m# X' Q4 n( J; ?
% m) D: X6 c/ J; V+ ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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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K8 S) m+ C* T0 E% z' [. nPrincess 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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5 R0 ]* D: |" kHer 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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$ } m- L1 A9 E1 v3 HAnd 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。" @0 @) z9 s2 h1 ~5 k
L' E3 L$ P! @& W& Y; jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShe 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. E4 b; n5 _+ ?" b0 ^+ A
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