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I respect her, too. Three swanky hots, in a very swanky cot, does not equate personal freedom. She took a pledge, filmed, at a very young age, to faithfully uphold the burden placed upon her as eventual monarch,once her uncle abdicated and dumped that responsibility on her poor parents. In my opinion, she has upheld that pledge at the sacrifice of any hope of normality in her life. I don’t see that same personal sacrifice in Princes Charles, Andrew, and Edward. I have high hopes for Prince William and his wife, though, in a more modern interpretation of royalty and divine right and their roles in a Constitutional monarchy in the fullness of time. Hey, long live the Queen! Her Mum made it to 101!

Agreed.
Her actions during WW11 went a long ways to hold the country together - not just serving as a mechanic - but, while London was under the Blitzkrieg, she refused to leave London - even after the palace itself was bombed, against all urging, she refused to leave.
She stayed to give the people support and hope. No One would have thought ill of her had she left - but she stayed and in all other ways, was a comfortingly, steadfast figure for the people.
None of these things were mentioned in the long diatribe - and without mentioning much of the good she did do - it is a diatribe. It is ‘opinion.’

Everybody has one.

That photo would have been taken during the three week Transportation course she took a short distance from Windsor Castle, largely isolated from others, she ‘enlisted’ in March 1945. Hitler killed himself in April.

“She was enlisted as 230873 Second Subaltern Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the ATS, [March, 1945] and sent to train as a transport officer at Camberley. The course was three weeks and Princess Elizabeth did not associate too closely with her fellow trainees.

She lunched in the officers’ mess and slept the night at Windsor; 50 years later, her grandsons would eat cadet food, iron their own uniforms, polish their own boots and be shouted at on the drill square.

Despite her kid-glove treatment, Princess Elizabeth greatly appreciated her spell in the ATS, believing it gave her a confidence she had previously lacked

The war in Europe was now drawing to a close and on May 8, 1945, the two princesses were allowed out of the Palace with their Guards officer friends to mingle with the crowds in the Mall and join in the shouts of “We want the King”

The entire WWII experience as a military member for Princess Elizabeth seems to have consisted of about 6 or 7 weeks when she lived in Windsor Castle, enlisted as a Lieutenant, attended a personalized 3 week course, had some photos taken of her touching trucks, never left the house, was promoted to Captain and was finished with the entire exercise by the 6th or 7th week.

She had been a Colonel before.

“In keeping with her power and status of high birth, on her 16th birthday she was appointed Colonel of the Grenadier Guards during WWII (during 1942).

The Grenadier Guards training element was stationed at her home, Windsor Castle as security and personal escorts for her.”