Ever seen The Queen change a car tyre? Unseen pictures of Her Majesty serving in World War IItvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 \, `/ `( `& m
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PUBLISHED: 12:54 GMT, 24 May 2012 | UPDATED: 14:05 GMT, 24 May 20126 I3 r2 M6 n' u$ } z3 O* u$ s
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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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The amateur photographs show the teenaged future monarch setting the example followed today by her grandsons Prince William and Prince Harry.
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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.www.tvboxnow.com5 V( M3 r. d6 T: M. o( G; X7 \0 u
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Mucking in: The future Queen gets to grips with a wheel as Junior Commander Mildred looks on: d( n; E0 O. I& s6 x
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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.
; w% a. H: O8 CThey 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.& o, @9 Q. j5 k) ~. v
0 J# Q" u4 f. }3 Q+ A! y( C# }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。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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 m& R) c9 _! V" m( F& T1 [
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Standing to attention: Princess Elizabeth in full uniform poses next to an Austin K2 Ambulancetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% p6 c# o/ }" [+ @" R4 U
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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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% b9 s! s; W, a2 B4 @: |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIn 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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8 }3 H/ c3 _# e d* z; VOn 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.* P) `9 s) `. o1 ]7 ~) @3 R% ?
) ~8 p5 f' M; F/ T( jA flypast of 78 current and historic aircraft, including helicopters and the Red Arrows, closed the event.
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2 H& l2 W' S! b& D& b( b3 BThe 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.www.tvboxnow.com$ T! t. r9 n0 E! f/ T; _, d
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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.
; _: [) o; C! `3 T8 O6 ?: S0 a公仔箱論壇'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.
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As part of the celebrations three 25-pounder guns will be fired in salute to the Queen.
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5 C" ?8 X; j6 U: G% pwww.tvboxnow.comRelic: 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公仔箱論壇0 z" _. o* }! B" k
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, S" I/ Z3 d$ I7 Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBringing out the big guns: These war-era 25-pounders will be fired in salute to the Queen at the rally
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& M4 g2 P8 _: x& D- k: oThe Queen (left) studies a map during her ATS training in 1945- D q. L( q" t$ Q6 G* r
5 s7 B6 N' k Z' aThe 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7 {% ~ @, P4 C1 _1 @/ V
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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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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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: ?. ^5 t: _/ b7 |# E, l: LHer 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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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.
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: n' U7 t9 ]9 ]) |. F" rShortly 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。- }* k- j4 s. a3 g! K
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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.
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