Ever seen The Queen change a car tyre? Unseen pictures of Her Majesty serving in World War II
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6 B) V( n& U6 t2 {5.39.217.76PUBLISHED: 12:54 GMT, 24 May 2012 | UPDATED: 14:05 GMT, 24 May 2012
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) c2 a" l. |$ b" i" k/ `% `, O公仔箱論壇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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The 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。8 x" r/ f' H# Y+ [5 @# C+ }
- ]; S% k, h; w7 C5.39.217.76They 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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9 y) `2 k( X5 n, Q公仔箱論壇Mucking in: The future Queen gets to grips with a wheel as Junior Commander Mildred looks on6 ?7 ?2 `, S% x1 z1 j1 V1 u- x- d
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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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9 D. L; e# G* }% s* [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。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.
; y9 } q# B9 `; nThey 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. l* n% n7 L2 n/ B' 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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$ t$ I9 g$ m7 a* m- W' Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbStanding to attention: Princess Elizabeth in full uniform poses next to an Austin K2 Ambulancetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( ^ e, B9 }- w( [6 H" r& 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' truck
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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.
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& \) k5 f: H, Z; ROn 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( l3 ^5 ]: g, W5 A- v7 p
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A flypast of 78 current and historic aircraft, including helicopters and the Red Arrows, closed the event. ; ?, \! J& p% E( H6 N
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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.' O1 s0 ~$ J8 q
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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 left5.39.217.76% l, I! Z2 o, T2 q5 ^
2 Z9 m. G1 V$ b- c& nHe 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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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 ? k- t
'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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8 E. N w$ L s. U4 y6 RMr 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. K' B: t- Z$ H
0 {9 w7 m% {% D+ y+ ]( HAs part of the celebrations three 25-pounder guns will be fired in salute to the Queen.
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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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" V; S s/ K" R" }5 U$ M5 z% QTHE QUEEN'S WAR
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/ r; V# N2 A+ k4 }5 Q6 G公仔箱論壇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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 d# r! h! Z# Q2 A
6 e9 F+ W L0 DThese 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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) [+ x4 J" _ R4 E; m5.39.217.76Princess 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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7 C; x7 b/ f0 DHer 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. + G" R. V* z; N, w, a9 ^* g1 a
' J9 N3 m& t+ D6 cAnd 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.' ^1 P( M6 x s8 a4 O
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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.1 K5 G1 j) B' Q7 |
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