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 20125.39.217.76( f% V k5 y0 e5 ^. _& X) } k ]$ f
1 L; }' d% G% W& @4 x* P" i+ F* `; ]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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' A2 Y$ p8 E3 n( v' @8 K& H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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: l& v, A* {1 R( P( V, @
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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.9 B2 A5 i0 @, q3 ?5 P! m# e# I
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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.
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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.
1 S' i- x( y# a M XThey 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+ `. e1 r* S& R6 {2 W
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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' truck5.39.217.762 i6 Z3 C: j7 Y, X
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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.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。# F5 t' R4 O" \3 f O. @/ D
8 a1 ]7 a. O5 j+ |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.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。. {! _4 }% F+ F) o. T* p. }
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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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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 left5.39.217.761 a0 C$ ?1 [5 ?7 N3 P8 ?
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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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/ W2 O5 `( J( {' m0 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; Q2 {5 s- j$ {+ ^: z) D# Z4 i+ n8 N
'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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2 f6 R/ A+ I. ~/ s8 b5.39.217.76Mr 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.5.39.217.76& Z& y, m1 O+ ~
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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 weekendtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' C {$ j1 H8 R/ i# N8 f4 D! h
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Bringing out the big guns: These war-era 25-pounders will be fired in salute to the Queen at the rally5.39.217.76* R9 ]/ C4 e4 ?
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2 W; `. ` Y7 s% {% `5.39.217.76The 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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1 p2 n6 A4 d9 y# w3 TThese 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.6 ^$ _4 q3 H4 i
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Princess 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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- z% ]9 r/ W! j# G( W% f5.39.217.76And 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.
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# u# t S2 @7 ^. O# j# l公仔箱論壇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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