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A Christmas card from the royal family in 1945. The photograph was taken on V.E. Day when the King, the Queen and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for the cheering crowds below.
Princess Elizabeth is wearing her ATS uniform, which she joined in 1945, becoming the first female royal to be an active full-time member of the Armed Forces. Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020.
Princess Elizabeth takes a sparks plug out of a car during her training as an Auxiliary Territorial Service Officer in April 1945.
Elizabeth volunteered to join the A.T.S. as a Subaltern in 1945 and completed the course, reaching the rank of Junior Commander. It was during her service with the A.T.S. that the Princess learned to drive. © The Royal Collection.
Queen Mary with her son The Duke of Windsor (formerly King Edward VIII, privately known by his last given name, David) at Marlborough House on 6 October 1945. This was their first reunion in nine years, since Edward’s abdication in December 1936, after reports suggested that the 78-year-old Queen was seriously unwell. © The Royal Collection.
Signed ‘David, Oct 6th 1945′, most likely by Queen Mary herself.
Princess Elizabeth visits patients at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Brighton, 4 December 1945. © The Royal Collection.
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, during the Second World War. 1945.
