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Pictured: A letter from Buckingham Palace thanking Major Violet Wellesley for her memories of serving with Princess Elizabeth. <br />
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PLEASE USE PICTURES ONLY IN RELATION TO THE AUCTION<br />
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Rarely-seen photos of the Queen in her role as a wartime mechanic that could not be sold in her lifetime have fetched £8,400 at auction. <br />
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The black and white snaps form part of an archive that also includes the then Princess Elizabeth's War Department provisional driving licence for her job in the A.T.S.<br />
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The official document lists her name as 'H.R.H Princess Elizabeth' and states she has blue eyes, is 5ft 4 inches high and has light brown hair.<br />
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The archive was kept by the late Major Violet Wellesley, who was Princess Elizabeth's driving instructor in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (A.T.S).