A year after her passing, the Corps remembers Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth with whom the Corps is honoured to have had a strong historical connection
Communications Officer
A year after her passing, the Corps remembers Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth with whom the Corps is honoured to have had a strong historical connection. In 1945, the then HRH Princess Elizabeth trained with the FANY/ATS as a driver and in motor mechanics. During the first three weeks of training, Princess Elizabeth received driving lessons in Windsor Great Park and went through the complete training of an ATS driver. She became the twelfth member of a senior NCOs class and took maintenance, map-reading and ATS Administration.
Following Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's passing, members of the Corps provided support to a number of different agencies. Forty FANYs helped to ensure the smooth running of the Accession Council. Over 100 FANYs supported the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) with the Accessibility Queue for the Lying in State, working alongside a team of voluntary organisations including the Scouts, Samaritans, The British Red Cross and The Salvation Army. And eight members of the Corps assisted with ushering duties and were positioned outside Westminster Abbey during the funeral.
We will forever be honoured that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth rolled up her sleeves as one of us.