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• Elizabeth II, longest-reigning monarch in British history, once served her country—and the war effort—as a humble truck mechanic.
• After debating her royal parents for over a year, the future queen signed up for the Auxiliary Territorial Service in February 1945.
• She stayed in until after VJ Day, and kept driving herself throughout her life, even teaching her children and grandchildren to drive.

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There’s no question that Elizabeth II, who passed away earlier today, had served her country well during a reign of almost 70 years. The 96-year-old monarch remained a steady, stable force in British life throughout her lifetime of public service.

While other publications will do a much better job chronicling that service, did you know that HRH was also a truck mechanic during the war?

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A heartbreaking post on Reddit has prompted sympathy and advice from users online.

In the post, which has over seven thousand likes, as well as twelve thousand comments, user conscious-ant4675 describes how he was married for five years to a woman, and they shared a four-year-old daughter, and two children from her previous marriages.

“About two months ago,” he explains, “we went to the mechanic shop to get her car serviced, and the guy there [well] she kept talking to him and looking at him. I ended up talking to him to because I had a Raiders jersey on and he said he was a big fan of the raiders.

“Anyway, I work 10 hour days, [and] she absolutely hates but she is a stay at home wife. I pay all the bills so I have to be away.”

The Reddit user then dropped the bombshell.

A motor mechanic, Mohammed Badmus, aged 40, had been reportedly shot dead by a night guard at Ibuowo Estate, Okinni, Osun state.

A co-tenant to the deceased, Hammed Oparinde, in a chat with The PUNCH, also alleged that a sum of N300,000 that was in his pocket as of the time he was shot dead, was also missing.

Speaking on what transpired between the further deceased and the night guards reportedly employed by the community, Oparinde said Badmus had left a birthday party at about midnight on Saturday and headed home when he was accosted by the guards.

According to him, the guards used machete to beat the deceased as they walked him home, adding that they allowed him to open thrle door to his house through the backyard, and waited for him at the main entrance.

“Badmus entered his house through the backyard and came out from the main

A 40-year-old motor mechanic, Mohammed Badmus, has been killed by a guard at Ibuowo Estate, Okinni, Osun state.

A co-tenant to the deceased, Hammed Oparinde, in an interview with Sunday PUNCHalso alleged the theft of N300,000 the deceased wanted to use to buy an engine for a vehicle he was working in his pocket as of the time he was killed.

Speaking on what transpired between the deceased and the night guards, reportedly employed by the community, Oparinde said Badmus left a birthday party at about midnight Saturday and headed home when he was accosted by the guards on duty.

He claimed that the guards used a machete to beat the deceased as they walked him home, adding that they allowed him to open the door to his house through the backyard and waited for him at the main entrance.

“Badmus entered his house through the backyard and came

Queen Elizabeth II never had to drive a day in her life, but she did it as much as she could.

The late monarch’s fondness for motoring began when, as princess, she volunteered to join the Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War 2 at age 19 and trained to become a mechanic and driver.

She was the first female member of the royal family to serve full time in the armed forces, putting in a full day at the military facility before returning to Windsor Castle at night.

Her studies included mechanics theory, map reading, and she learned how to maintain and drive heavy trucks, according to the Imperial War Museum.

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