Ever seen The Queen change a car tyre? Unseen pictures of Her Majesty serving in World War II
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, h+ b! E. Y2 yPUBLISHED: 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。: @ ]% m) B* C6 }! D/ g5 I
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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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5 F! i+ ^0 e w! N; y, u X7 @# g+ OThe amateur photographs show the teenaged future monarch setting the example followed today by her grandsons Prince William and Prince Harry.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 G# D. X0 H+ }! b; ~
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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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, r, B* ~. i7 ] \/ B3 o7 @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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# G% T& E0 e$ I) T, vTaken 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. 5.39.217.76( R Q# I8 ~4 z1 v6 f8 Q
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.' M$ L: Y2 K& Q, v6 k+ @
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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
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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., C& ?5 t0 X4 [% L9 Z- K! b2 b% [3 Q
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A flypast of 78 current and historic aircraft, including helicopters and the Red Arrows, closed the event. q# y$ p- [( Z/ } ]4 X: y
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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.
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: a" c0 b' l7 q8 ^. J6 Z* ?6 eHe said: 'At a time when the nation is celebrating our monarch these pictures are a reminder of how she has served us all.
9 b, a1 L4 A" i'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.5.39.217.76+ ?3 U1 M, s: i9 P
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As part of the celebrations three 25-pounder guns will be fired in salute to the Queen.1 w1 Y7 U6 n S5 U" d7 L
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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'S WAR
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/ \" f2 x5 f. Q1 R公仔箱論壇The Queen (left) studies a map during her ATS training in 19452 {, W E$ l6 X: V4 H6 x5 w
, z1 }' v: ~4 |! V- T4 R* a$ atvb 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.! a5 i2 Y$ l% E3 u$ @
" N9 @8 |0 j2 t. s+ T0 Etvb 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$ X- m5 \, }0 k3 n% e) V5 S9 ?
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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. 公仔箱論壇 w" _0 ~1 E/ }& f4 R+ x" V
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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.9 `: l* |; v# p. o5 J+ _. A
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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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