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To: af_vet_rr
Queen Elizabeth was the first (and only) female royal to serve in the armed forces. While still Princess Elizabeth, she was a driver in the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1945.

And here she is reviewing the troops at Prince Harry's graduation...

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Harry is second from right.

Harry will serve in an armored reconnaissance unit and train to become a troop commander, in charge of 11 men and four light tanks.

13 posted on 04/22/2006 11:12:56 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (God Bless Our Troops...including U.S. Border Patrol, America's First Line of Defense)
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To: La Enchiladita

...and he's also the one with the doo-doo-eating grin on his face as "Grandmum" strolls by.

Good on him!


15 posted on 04/23/2006 1:30:18 AM PDT by hoagy62 (America: SUPREME!)
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