SOME FINAL THOUGHTS ABOUT QUEEN ELIZABETH II:

The World War II auto mechanic in this photo is Queen Elizabeth II.

A young female auto mechanic in military uniform in England in 1945 would not have been a rare sight, nor would a photograph of one such woman giving a demonstration to a visiting dignitary. This particular photo, however, is unusual because of what her job was when she wasn’t serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), a women’s army auxiliary branch.

The visiting dignitary is Queen Elizabeth — now known as the Queen Mother — and the young ATS subaltern is her daughter, the future Queen Elizabeth II.

THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR: Night falls on Camelot.

AN AMERICAN REMEMBRANCE of the Queen. (It's a pity that the related stories are behind The Spectator World paywall.)