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Thursday, 4 May 2017
Queen Elizabeth II is 91 years old today
This photo shows a young Princess Elizabeth who became Colonel in Chief of the Grenadier Guards in October 1942.
In February 1942, the King appointed his fifteen-year-old daughter Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, the senior Regiment of the Foot Guards. It was the first time in history that a woman had held the position.
The Princess wears an embroidered grenade in her cap and a blue enamelled and diamond brooch, the Regimental cypher, presented to her by the Regiment on her sixteenth birthday.
In early 1945 the Princess was made a Subaltern in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). By the end of WW2 she had reached the rank of Junior Commander, having completed her course at No. 1 Mechanical training Centre of ATS and passed out as a fully qualified driver.
Photograph by Cecil Beaton
Colourised by Tom Marshall from the UK)
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Nữ hoàng Elizabeth 2 hiện 91 tuổi.
Bên trên là bức ảnh Công chúa Elizabeth, người trở thành Colonel in Chief (chức vụ tương đương Đại tá nhưng không tham gia điều binh, do người trong Hoàng gia nắm) trong Trung đoàn Vệ Binh vào tháng 10/1942.
Vào 02/1942, vua Anh chỉ định cô con gái 15 tuổi giữ chức Đại tá của Trung đoàn vệ binh, đơn vị cao cấp của lực lượng vệ binh. Đây là người phụ nữ đầu tiên trong lịch sử nắm chức vụ này.