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Originally Posted by Chris
Elizabeth spent WW2 in Windsor and joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service after she turned 18. Many wanted the royals to flee to Canada but they did not.
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Believe he means the Queen Mother
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Originally Posted by pip08456
King George VI with his wife(future Queen Mother) remained at Buckingham House during WWII. Our future Queen (Princess Elizabeth aged 13) also remained but was evacuated to Windsor Castle in 1940 so still in Country. On reaching 18 she enrolled in the ATS as a second subaltern in the ATS and was later promoted to Junior Commander, the equivalent of Captain.
She began her training as a mechanic in March 1945 (aged 18). She undertook a driving and vehicle maintenance course at Aldershot, qualifying on April 14. During that time she remained a resident of Windsor Castle and returned there in the evenings.
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The Queen mother made two statements at the time which resonated with the nation, first that she and the children wouldn't leave the country without the King and that the King would never leave and secondly that she felt she could look the people of the east end in the eye after Buckingham Palace was bombed, the second statement still stirs things in me as I'm an eastend boy whose great grandfather died prematurely from the effects of what he was asked to do during the blitz