• INTRO
  • EARLY YEARS
  • LOVE AND PHILIP
  • WORKING MOTHER
  • WINDSOR WIVES
  • THE NEXT GENERATION
  • ELIZABETH AS QUEEN
  • SNAPSHOTS FROM A ROYAL LIFE
  • EIGHT FACTS FOR EIGHT DECADES
  • QUIZ
  • LATEST STORIES
  • EARLY YEARS
    As a youngster she delighted in games such as charades, and was a keen swimmer, who won the Children's Challenge Shield at London's Bath Club. Wanting to do her bit, during the war she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Services and trained as a driver. "We had sparking plugs last night all the way through dinner," complained her proud mother.

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