Can the Queen still strip an engine?

Question

Back during WW" Princess Elizabeth volunteered for War Work and learned to become an engineer, this process invovled stripping an engine.. And she would have had to do it, it was the war. Do you think she still has this ablity? Can anyone who is about to meet her ask her if she can still do this? Come on, it'll be a better question than anything you can think up to ask her.

Answer 1

If you gave her a WW2 era jeep, she could probably do as well as anyone else.

Answer 2

She probably would be delighted , that a person in such a young age as you are , are of that kind of knowledge about the Royal Highness historical background.

Answer 3

Yes... I often strip Phillips engine.

Answer 4

Engines were different back then and it depends on what kind of engine she was stripping.Technology has changed allot since then and engines are allot more complex so probably not without the help of a manual

Answer 5

If she has arthritis, my guess would be no. However, if she is a-ok she probably could strip an engine quicker than anything

Answer 6

I can just see it...

Excuss me maam...  Are you a Stripper...    (cough) of engines?

Answer 7

I don't know if confronted with a WW2 military jeep it would come back to her or not.   But the work probably became almost automatic, so she might be able to just do it! I'd LOVE to see it! (Who knows maybe she has secretly been stripping engines all along!)

But that IS a fun question -- and I think the Queen might get a kick out of it. From what I've heard it sounds like she looks back fondly to that time. I think she had to really push to be permitted to join and serve her country "like otheh gells".

I also remember hearing a friend of hers saying that Queen Elizabeth had said the most fun of her life was when she ran off with a group of friends to celebrate VE Day -- she was just another girl in uniform and people around didn't realize who she was. (no doubt they were thorougly wasted! ) She'd never had so much freedom since.

Answer 8

She probably could,but would she?

Answer 9

"engine stripping "    how are ye  lol

My cop-on says she never stripped an engine ; this was just a morale booster for the plebs1

Answer 10

I think that's a very interesting question.  Although it is probably many years since she last stripped an engine, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if she could still do it (if it was the same kind of engine that is).  Royalty are trained to have very good memories.