Ever seen The Queen change a car tyre? Unseen pictures of Her Majesty serving in World War II

In the week her armed forces paid tribute to her these never-before-seen pictures reveal the Queen serving with the troops during World War II.



The amateur photographs show the teenaged future monarch setting the example followed today by her grandsons Prince William and Prince Harry.



They were taken in March 1945 showing the then Princess Elizabeth still aiding the war effort after the tide had turned against the Nazis in Europe.



Mucking in: The future Queen helps replace a wheel on a car during the Second World War

The photographs have now been uncovered after they were donated in an album to the Yorkshire Air Museum, in Elvington, near York.

Taken at the Mechanical Transport Training Section, Camberley, Surrey, the pictures were snapped on the day the King and Queen and Princess Margaret came to visit.

They belonged to Peggy Hinchcliffe, who was training alongside Princess Elizabeth when the Royal Family made their visit, and have been displayed at the museum following Mrs Hinchcliffe’s death.

The Queen - who served with the Number 1 'Beaufront' Company, Auxiliary Territorial Service - can be seen maintaining a Austin K2 ambulance and standard ‘Tilly’ light truck.

Standing to attention: Princess Elizabeth in full uniform poses next to an Austin K2 Ambulance

Princess Margaret (left) is shown in more typical royal attire as she chats to her older sister next to a 'Tilly' truck

In one snap Her Majesty can even be seen appearing to lend a hand changing a tyre while in others it seems like her father King George VI is inspecting her handiwork.



On Saturday more than 2,500 servicemen and women marched past the Queen at Windsor Castle before mustering before her to salute her 60-year reign.



A flypast of 78 current and historic aircraft, including helicopters and the Red Arrows, closed the event.



Ian Richardson, from the Yorkshire Air Museum, said it was a privilege to have the remarkable collection of photographs, especially with the upcoming Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

The Royal Family look on as a sergeant attempts to start the Tilly. Junior Commander Violet Wellesley, great niece of the Duke of Wellington, can be seen on the far left

He said a set of the photographs had been copied and mounted in an album, which was duly sent to the Queen.



He said: 'At a time when the nation is celebrating our monarch these pictures are a reminder of how she has served us all.

'They were donated by Mrs Hinchcliffe after her death and to the best of our knowledge they have never been seen before.'



Mr Richardson said the museum would be holding a rally this weekend of more than 200 wartime vehicles, including three tanks and those worked on by Her Majesty.



As part of the celebrations three 25-pounder guns will be fired in salute to the Queen.

Relic: A truck similar to the one fixed up by the Queen. Visitors to the Yorkshire Air Museum will be able to see this and hundreds of other army vehicles at a Jubilee rally this weekend