Behind a WWII photo of the Queen

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Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. SUBSCRIBE to TIME Magazine May 31, 2018 By Lily Rothman We all know what Queen Elizabeth II looks like, but it was still a surprise to see her in this 1945 photograph of a royal visit to a World War II Auxiliary Territorial Service training center. After all, she's not the visiting royal—she's the military auto mechanic. With the photo featured in a new museum exhibition, we took a look at the story behind the image and how the future Queen of England became, during the war, the first woman in the royal family to serve full-time in the military. Here's more of the history that made news this week: HISTORY ON TIME.COM Historian: Racism Has Long Been About Who Belongs Where The Starbucks bias training day is a reminder of that history The Real Birthplace of Memorial Day, According to an Expert The question of where Memorial Day was started generates a lot of different answers. One place seems to have a particularly strong claim How John McCain Honored Sailors Killed on the Ship That Bears His Name In honor of a new film about John McCain, his speechwriter shares a story about how the Senator paid tribute to sailors killed on duty A History of the World in 6 Kinds of Ink From cave paintings to Kindle, our history is written in ink — adapted and reinvented to reflect, and influence, the needs of the day Aerial Photography Has Changed the World. Drones Are Just One Example Drones are often celebrated for their ability to capture a new vantage point on the world, revealing the beauty of our planet from high above. But they are only the latest development in a long history of aerial photography FROM THE TIME VAULT Today in 1976: Paul McCartney “Beatles are legend. McCartney, 33, is here, right now, in barnstorming triumph, making his first concert tour of the States since he and his three noted mates sang their last song together at San Francisco's Candlestick Park in the late summer of 1966. McCartney still draws many of the Beatles faithful, to be sure. He has also found a whole new audience, his audience. They have come to hear him, not history.” (May 31, 1976) Read the full story 50 Years Ago Today: France on the Edge “Last week the myth that France and De Gaulle are one lay shattered forever amid the garbage festering in the streets of Paris, the litter of uprooted paving stones, the splinters of chestnut trees hacked down to make barricades, the blood spilled on the capital's boulevards. France was a nation in angry rebellion — at times, it seemed, not far removed from civil war. It was a measure of De Gaulle's stature that he offered to submit his continued rule as President to the will of the French people. It was a measure of France's bitter new mood that this time he might be turned out." (May 31, 1968) Read the full story Today in 1954: Ready for Belmont “…a true champion's feats endure because of what the champion himself adds: an undying spirit of competition, an ability to inspire awe, a willingness to gamble on losing, the guts to lose and rise again, an elusive mixture of spirit and showmanship. Whatever it is called—flair, class, style or what Hemingway once termed ‘grace under pressure’—it is the quality that breeds sport legend. In the stable area of New York's elegant Belmont Park—Stall No. 6, Barn No. 20—lives a champion who at the age of four already seems destined to be the hero of such a legend." (May 24, 1976) Read the full story HIGHLIGHTS FROM AROUND THE WEB Knight Game Rebecca Onion at Slate has a fun one for hockey fans, with a look at how real medieval history compares to the Vegas Golden Knights’ pregame show. “Team Anne” Anne Thériault’s Queens of Infamy series for Longreads is a good entry in the “cool women in history” genre. Here’s the installment on Anne Boleyn. Cold Treatment The BBC has figured out a very cool way to display a graphic-novel format online, and they put it to good use with this brutal tale of a group of stowaways who were left on an ice floe in the 1860s. How Does Your Garden Grow The Washington Post’s Adrian Higgins goes into the garden with historian Jonathan Pliska, whose planting choices are inspired by presidential history. Inside Baseball At Inside Higher Ed, catch up on a debate within academic history at the moment, with an overview of the issues addressed in a recent manifesto that calls for historians to make more room for theory, rather than empiricism, in their field. To Unsubscribe Unsubscribe here if you do not want to receive this newsletter. Update Email Click here to update your email address. Privacy Policy Please read our Privacy Policy. TIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice. For Further Communication Please email history@time.com TIME Customer Service 3000 University Center Drive Tampa, FL 33612-6408 Connect with TIME Find TIME on Facebook Follow TIME on Twitter Subscribe to more TIME Newsletters Get TIME on your Mobile Device Get TIME on your iPad Subscribe to RSS Feed