Elizabeth II: A Princess At War
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Princess Auto Mechanic
I can't even she can roll it off. Even to day, barbara just whack it down the line to you about what she was doing. Every single day once you become a qualified driver, is you have to check a set part of your vehicle. And every day there's a different part of the vehicle that's checked. On day 14, it means you've checked all the vehicle in that fortnight. An artificer signs it of and then you go all over again for the next 14 days. Which means you always have a vehicle that's really well serviced - which is how they prevented too many breakdowns. They absolutely knew the mechanical the emphasis on mechanics was fascinating.
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