RE: Driving the Queen's V8 Land Rover
Discussion
Riley Blue said:
My late Grandmother's neighbour and best friend was the Queen's Ambulance driving instructor when she joined the ATS. we will be visiting her when we go down for the FOS in a few weeks so i will make sure to show her that picture and ask her all about it. (I believe she was also a friend of the Duke of Richmond's butler and used to go to tea at Goodwood house)wst said:
Did she ever get a driving license or does she just use the exemption she's afforded?
I imagine she got one on the wartime exemption- all wartime provisional licences that had been held for more than a year were converted to full licences when driving tests resumed after the war. Unless she had to take the test as part of her ATS training. After all, she would have still needed one before she became Queen.She may not still have one, though- she might not have bothered to renew it when she turned 70 given that she doesn't need one.
Yup yup, there's nothing staged about those WW2 pics at all.
Not saying she's not handy with a spanner, I actually like Liz.
Her family though....all of them, I've loathed until recently with Will and Kate. I see why people/media are drawn to them two.
I fear Pippa and Harry are both ugly people beyond the cameras.
Not saying she's not handy with a spanner, I actually like Liz.
Her family though....all of them, I've loathed until recently with Will and Kate. I see why people/media are drawn to them two.
I fear Pippa and Harry are both ugly people beyond the cameras.
Pleased to see this has gone down well! It's quite something, the Queen's Landie: has proper attitude, the V8 off-roader of all our dreams. If TVR did 4x4s, etc...
The leather seats seem stock Land Rover, btw - just trimmed in the richest (and most vivid) green leather. Quite wonderful.
The leather seats seem stock Land Rover, btw - just trimmed in the richest (and most vivid) green leather. Quite wonderful.
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