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James L. Stanfield

Queen Elizabeth II drives herself to a Sunday church service around 1979. Despite not having a driver's license, the Queen has always enjoyed driving herself and continued this practice even after a health scare in November 2021. She learned how to drive and trained as a mechanic in the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1945 during WWII. She was the first female member of the British Royal Family to serve in the military.

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