40 Highly Unsettling Details About World War II That Most Textbooks Leave Out

2. Princess Liz, Reporting for Duty

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People from all walks of life joined the fray — including Queen Elizabeth. Back when she was just a princess, Elizabeth enlisted as a driver and mechanic in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Reporters from the 1940s described, “One of her major joys was to get dirt under her nails and grease stains in her hands, and display these signs of labor to her friends.”