Posted on 02/21/2017 2:12:39 PM PST by drewh
Wonder what Kate called her?
Queen Elizabeth Was A Badass Truck Driver And Mechanic During World War II Danielle Tarasiuk In England during World War II, most men were off fighting and many non-combative important jobs pertaining to the war effort were neglected. To fill those positions the British Army recruited women, who then formed the Auxiliary Territorial Service in September 1938. As the war raged on, the size of ATS grew. The women worked as drivers, bakers, postal workers, ammunition inspectors, and mechanics, among many other duties.
One particularly famous female member of the ATS was Queen Elizabeth II, then just Princess Elizabeth.
In February 1945, just a few months before World War II ended, then-Princess Elizabeth joined the ATS. She had just turned 18 years old and was keen to join the war effort. It took months of pleading and begging her father King George VI to allow her to join. In the ATS, Princess Elizabeth was trained as a driver and mechanic.
Here, Princess Elizabeth (center) poses for a group photo with officers of the ATS Training Centre.
She learned to change a wheel, take apart and put back together engines, as well as drive ambulances and other military trucks. Princess Elizabeth is driving a military truck.
Five months after training she was promoted to honorary junior commander. Allegedly, she loved to get dirty and get grease stains on her hands and then show them off to her posh friends.
Despite getting dirty and fixing military trucks, Princess Elizabeth was still royalty and went to the royal residence of Windsor Castle to sleep every night. To this day, Queen Elizabeth II remains only living head of state that has served in World War II. http://www.allday.com/queen-elizabeth-was-a-badass-truck-driver-and-mechanic-during-world-wa-2180807765.html
Is Camilla related to Don Imus? They look like identical twins.
Horse face and shat for brains. I think they belong together.
She sounds like David Brock.
This sounds too kooky to be true. A smidgen of it maybe, but not this, heaping platter of red meat vignettes, with all the stereotypic pompous behaviour on parade at once.
This sounds like the script for a Royalty Reality show that never gets produced except in broad parody.
Very entertaining, though!
That’s the fellow from ‘Dr. Who’. I noticed a miniature Parachute Regiment badge on his hat in the series. I did a little digging and found that the actor is an actual ex-para.
You are correct. This is story that sounds plausible to someone who doesn’t know how the Monarchy works.
The part about her antics preventing Charles from becoming King is pure BS. The Line of Succession to the Crown is set by Act of Parliament. Changing it to Exclude the Prince of Wales would take an Act of Parliament in everyone of the 16 Countries that share Elizabeth II as Queen.
Not going to happen.
She’s an alcoholic because she’s married to that sick little fag, prince Charles.
She's a good Sheila Bruce, and not at all stuck up.
“He picked her. “
Understatement. He threw over Diana for her.
Sadly, this story probably has far more truth to it than anything that CNN has said for years and years.
“God rot all Royals!
Give us the wisdom of the Americans”
Mr Fox
“The Madness of King George”
Looks mighty good for a “brood mare”
Charles is an idiot.Too much inbreeding. And isn’t it wonderful how the royals can diddle with impunity?
They should have had a rule requiring the royals must marry a commoner.Might have injected some sense into the house
And the taxpayers should long ago been relieved of paying a salary to those filthy rich “royals”.
I have no idea if this is true, but what an incredibly fun, dishy read!
With all these fake stories about the sufferings of celebrities, I’m starting to think being rich and famous must be sheer bliss.
soused; sousing
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1 : pickle
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3 : to make drunk
I like Princess Kate. She reminds me of Princess Diana and I can’t think of a better tribute to Princess Diana than for the vile, hideously ugly woman, who made her life hell, to be know as Queen Farter.
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