My Story: Wartime Princess

Download or read book My Story: Wartime Princess written by Valerie Wilding and published by Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Queen Elizabeth II as a young princess! With the world's eyes on the Royal Family as the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, this timely title lets young readers meet Queen Elizabeth II as a young princess, doing her best to help her country during a time of war. It's 1939 and on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. When war breaks out across Europe, Philip is sent to serve in the navy and Elizabeth convinces her father the king to allow her to sign up for the war effort. Serving her country driving trucks and fixing cars, Elizabeth wonders if she'll ever see her prince again...