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 `# `. L( j% a$ F' EIn 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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/ G$ P: U' N3 w% R, o5.39.217.76The amateur photographs show the teenaged future monarch setting the example followed today by her grandsons Prince William and Prince Harry.
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$ ]9 X, A1 r+ Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThey 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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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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) z# k# H P4 w8 S% C4 _, s; Y5.39.217.76Taken 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.
3 v* M; ]" }' ~" h8 a* X$ ^5.39.217.76They 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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2 Q2 q: N5 p* j3 u5.39.217.76The 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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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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* E( b+ E' I( _9 }5.39.217.76On 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. 公仔箱論壇 P' }0 y) ^. u/ ~2 {# \9 M
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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.公仔箱論壇$ D$ z; S$ z' q9 x' E3 P
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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 leftTVBNOW 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 t. R- H+ o
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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.5.39.217.76+ w- I4 c2 }, Y: j7 @, j
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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.
w, c* P% b. a" E; o. D, ?5.39.217.76'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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& a& E/ H5 m, K: l7 r) G9 T: a公仔箱論壇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.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 P, ^! X# Y* f/ _2 F, ]
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As part of the celebrations three 25-pounder guns will be fired in salute to the Queen.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 d( D, g I$ O; c R. L( o# R
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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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6 j) f/ n2 d" s) l l' d8 m. @4 t5 ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTHE QUEEN'S WAR D, K7 v4 r: U/ k4 J2 p/ }
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The Queen (left) studies a map during her ATS training in 1945: Z, ?3 R V; o d. j4 G6 ]
, p1 D+ z& T/ jtvb 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.公仔箱論壇1 H$ c& X# g% i9 ^0 X# d
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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. ~, J* ]( M0 D2 m
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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.公仔箱論壇, y. l1 M% _3 z- K( @: Z
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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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 D: k8 \; ~) y; u' s3 l
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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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