Elizabeth II ... her country—and the war effort—as a humble truck mechanic. After debating her royal parents for over a year, the future queen signed up for the Auxiliary Territorial Service ...

Queen Elizabeth was born in 1926, became Queen in 1952, and was coronated in 1953. Before she became Queen, she worked as a truck mechanic in a women's branch of the British Army. She celebrated ...

The death of Britain’s Queen ... Auto Mechanic” by the press. Her service as a military mechanic—as well as the bombing of her family’s royal seat, Buckingham Palace–made Elizabeth ...

Queen Elizabeth was a military truck driver during World War II, while "Golden Girl" Bea Arthur was a staff sergeant for the ...

From serving as a mechanic and truck driver in World War II, to making a cameo in a James Bond movie, Queen Elizabeth II was fearless on and off the throne. In honor of the longest-reigning ...

Editor’s note: Queen Elizabeth II ... She signed up when she turned 18 in 1944 and worked as a mechanic and truck driver. Her ...

Queen Elizabeth’s family was gathering at Balmoral ... and being outdoors in wellies and hunting gear, driving her own truck. She had grown up thinking she would become a wife and mother ...

Fans of “The Crown” or the 2006 film “The Queen” know that Queen Elizabeth II was an accomplished driver. She was a truck mechanic during World War II and drove Land Rovers at her Balmoral ...

Queen Elizabeth II had passed away at the age ... the then-Princess Elizabeth volunteered as a truck driver and mechanic during World War II – making her the first female member of the Royal ...

But the show of military grandeur, known as Trooping the Color, also symbolizes Elizabeth ... truck mechanic during World War II, when she was a young princess. In the ensuing decades, the queen ...

Queen Elizabeth II had a long list of things she ... During World War II, she volunteered for the auxiliary services, trained as mechanic, and then repaired ambulances and other emergency vehicles.