"Junior Commander". What did Queen Elizabeth do during the Second World War

The British Monarchin became the first woman in the royal family to serve in the British Armed Forces. Queen Elizabeth II during the Second World War did not yet play her main role, but even then occupied an important place in the life of the British as the daughter of the king and the princess. The Vogue writes about what the Queen was doing during the main military conflict. At the beginning of World War II, Princess Elizabeth was only 13 years old.

She, along with her younger sister Margaret, was evacuated away from London, to a safer place. In the Windsor Castle, the future Queen of Great Britain and Princess Margaret have been a long time. In 1940, Elizabeth II made the first speech from the Windsor Palace living room within the BBC Children's Hour, trying to present the public moral spirit of the Britons.

Two years later, the Queen was photographed when she looked after her sections in Windsor Castle within the Government Campaign for Victory, during which people were called on to use gardens and every free land for growing vegetables to prevent famine in the country. In particular, the daughter of King George VI was the first woman in the royal family to serve in the British Armed Forces.

After her age, the daughter of the British king asked her to be an auxiliary territorial service (Auxiliary Territorial Service), the women's branch of the British army. However, the father of the future queen made sure that Elizabeth was not given a special rank in the army. The princess began with the post of second deputy, and later increased to the younger commander. Recall what the Queen Elizabeth II has always dreamed of.