![]() She would remain a skilled motorist for the rest of her life, comfortably driving off-piste on her Sandringham and Balmoral estates. ![]() “My sister Margaret Rose and I feel so much for you, as we know from experience what it means to be away from those we love most of all.” The future queen also served in the Guides, practicing her wilderness skills in and around Great Windsor Park with East End refugees, and joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service, where she negotiated a three-tonne vehicle through heavy London traffic and learned how to change tyres and spark plugs. ![]() Back in the relative safety of Windsor, Princess Elizabeth gave her first radio speech in 1940 on the BBC’s Children’s Hour programme – offering words of comfort to London’s many child refugees, who were dispatched to live with strangers in rural areas as the threat of the Blitz loomed. ![]()
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